Senate roll call 159 · 37th Congress · Jan 28, 1862
To pass S. 169. (p. 519-2)
On Jan 28, 1862, the Senate voted 23–12 (S 169). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–7, Democrats 3–3, Others 2–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 23
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jan 28, 1862
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- 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
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- 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
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
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
- James Alfred Pearce D-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
From Voteview roll call records.
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