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Per @IMDb Steven Spielberg explained the names of House members who voted against the 13th Amendment were actually changed in the film to not embarrass living descendants of these men whose reputations might have been stained by their negative vote-casting.
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The 13th Amendment passed the Senate by a vote of 38-6.

@TheDemocrats voting “Nay:”

Davis of Ky.
Hendricks of Ind.
McDougall of Calif.
Powell of Ky.
Riddle of Del.
Saulsbury of Del.

Buchalew of Pennsylvania was not able to attend the session, and when his name was called,

Senator Hendricks said: "I desire to say that [sic] Mr. Buckalew is not able to be in his seat today, and he expressed a wish that [sic] I should say that [sic] if he were present he would vote against the proposition.”

Voting yea:

@GOP: 86

Unconditional Unionist: 16

@TheDemocrats: 4

Unionists: 3

Abstain: 10

Sadly, 56 of @TheDemocrats voted “Nay.”

The Amendment finally passed the House by a vote of 119 to 56, narrowly reaching the required two-thirds majority.

AMENDMENT XIII

Section 1.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Section 2.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Passed by Congress January 31, 1865.

Ratified December 6, 1865.

The “Yea,”“Nay,” “Abstain” House Roll Call Vote on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution to abolish slavery:

The 56 who voted to keep slavery [friendsofthelincolncollection.org/wp-content/upl…]:

James C. Allen of Ill.
William J. Allen of Ill.
Ancona of Pa.
Bliss of Ohio,
Brooks of N. Y.
James S. Brown of Wis.
Chanler of N. Y.
Clay of Ky.
Cox of Ohio
Cravens of Ind.
Dawson of Pa.
Denison of Pa.
Eden of Ill.

Edgerton of Ind. Eldridge of Wis.
Finck of Ohio
Grider of Ky.
Hall of Mo.
Harding of Ky.
Harrington of Ind.
Benjamin G. Harris of Md.
Charles M. Harris of Ill.
Holman of Ind.
Philip Johnson of Pa.
William Johnson of Ohio
Kalbfleisch of N. Y.
Kernan of N. Y.
Knapp of Ill.

Law of Ind.
Long of Ohio Mallory of Ky.
William H. Miller of Pa.
James R. Morris of Ohio
Morrison of Ill.
Noble of Ohio
John O'Neill of Pa.
Pendleton of Ohio
Perry of N. J.
Pruyn of N. Y.
Samuel J. Randall of Pa.
Robinson of Ill.
Ross of Ill.
Scott of Mo.

William G. Steele of N. J.
Stiles of Pa. Strouse of Pa.
Stuart of Ill.
Sweat of Maine
Townsend of N. Y.
Wadsworth of Ky.
Ward of N. Y.
Chilton A. White of Ohio
Joseph W. White of Ohio
Winfield of N. Y.
Benjamin Wood of N. Y.
Fernando Wood of N. Y.

Those not voting:

Lazear of Pa.
LeBlond of Ohio
Marcy of N. H.
McDowell of Ind.
McKinney of Ohio
Middleton of N. J.
Rogers of N. J. (was reported ill)
Voorhees of Ind. (unable to be in his seat because of sickness in his family).

It’s important to remember for 162 years the Democrats have been opposing the Constitution.

History matters.