Senate roll call 129 · 37th Congress · Dec 23, 1861
To concur in the house resolution that when the house adjourns today, it meet again on jan. 2, 1862. (no quorum.)
On Dec 23, 1861, the Senate voted 11–18. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–15, Democrats 2–2, Others 1–1. 8 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
- 11
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Dec 23, 1861
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 2 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 15 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- 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
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- 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
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-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
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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