Senate roll call 156 · 37th Congress · Jan 28, 1862
To amend S. 169 by providing that where the rebels prevent the dispensing of judicial justice, any person interfering with a railroad which is under the supervi
On Jan 28, 1862, the Senate voted 19–17 (S 169). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–14, Democrats 4–3, Others 4–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 19
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jan 28, 1862
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 3 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 14 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted no
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- 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
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson 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 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
- 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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
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