Senate roll call 124 · 37th Congress · Dec 16, 1861
To refer to the committee on the judiciary the resolution that the secretary of state inform the Senate, whether and under what law any persons in the loyal sta
On Dec 16, 1861, the Senate voted 25–17. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–5, Democrats 2–9, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 25
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Dec 16, 1861
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 9 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
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
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham 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
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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