Senate roll call 139 · 37th Congress · Jan 10, 1862
To pass the resolution providing that the oath prescribed by law be not administered to benjamin stark, senatorelect from oregon, and that his credentials be re
On Jan 10, 1862, the Senate voted 28–11. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–0, Democrats 1–9, Others 1–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 11
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jan 10, 1862
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 9 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- 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
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Parker Hale 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
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- 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
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- 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
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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