Senate roll call 61 · 38th Congress · Feb 10, 1864
To pass the resolution directing the committee on the district of columbia to consider the expediency of further providing by law against the exclusion of color
On Feb 10, 1864, the Senate voted 30–10. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–0, Democrats 0–8, Others 1–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 38th Congress (1863–1864), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 10, 1864
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Benjamin Gratz Brown O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edwin Denison Morgan R-NY
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Reverdy Johnson O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Nathan Allen Farwell R-ME
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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