Senate roll call 121 · 37th Congress · Aug 6, 1861
To go into executive session, motion made during consideration of the S.J.RES. 1, a resolution to approve and confirm certain acts of the President of the U.S.
On Aug 6, 1861, the Senate voted 20–21 (SJR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–13, Democrats 4–7, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 20
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Aug 6, 1861
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 7 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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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Capitol Receipts, “To go into executive session, motion made…: Senate Vote, Aug 6, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-121/to-go-into-executive-session-motion-made-during-consideration (accessed 2026-10-15).