Senate roll call 557 · 38th Congress · Mar 2, 1865
To amend H. R. 744 by imposing specified taxes on bank deposits and upon average amount of circulation of notes.
On Mar 2, 1865, the Senate voted 12–25 (HR 744). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–25, Democrats 4–0, Others 4–0. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 38th Congress (1863–1864), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Mar 2, 1865
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 25 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- William Wright D-NJ
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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