Senate roll call 131 · 37th Congress · Jan 7, 1862
To pass an amendment to S. 89 (12 stat 576, app july 15, 1862), an act to amend an act supplementary to an act to amend the judicial system of the U.S.; which
On Jan 7, 1862, the Senate voted 28–7 (S 89). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–1, Democrats 4–3, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 4 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
- 28
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jan 7, 1862
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 3 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- 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
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- John Sherman R-OH
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall 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
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- 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
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- 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
- David Wilmot R-PA
- 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
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass an amendment to S. 89 (12 stat 576…: Senate Vote, Jan 7, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-131/to-pass-an-amendment-to-s-89-12-stat (accessed 2026-10-16).