Senate roll call 589 · 38th Congress · Mar 3, 1865
To amend H. R. 786 by appropriating funds to pay the state of massachusetts and maine for land relinquished under the ashburton treaty.
On Mar 3, 1865, the Senate voted 16–19 (HR 786). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–11, Democrats 2–4, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 16
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Mar 3, 1865
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted yes
- John Conness R-CA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- William Sprague R-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Conness R-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Peter Godwin Van Winkle O-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Did not vote
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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