Senate roll call 577 · 38th Congress · Mar 3, 1865
To amend H. R. 805, a bill repealing the eighth section of an act supplementing the several laws concerning commercial intercourse between the loyal and insurre
On Mar 3, 1865, the Senate voted 17–14 (HR 805). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–11, Democrats 4–1, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 17
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 3, 1865
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 11 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- John Conness R-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
Other votes
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