Senate roll call 101 · 37th Congress · Aug 2, 1861
To reconsider the vote concurring in the house amendment to S. 43 (12 stat 411, app. June 2, 1862), an act to prevent and punish fraud on the part of officers e
On Aug 2, 1861, the Senate voted 30–6 (S 43). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–3, Democrats 4–3, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 37th Congress (1861–1862), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Aug 2, 1861
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 3 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning 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
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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