Senate roll call 17 · 37th Congress · Mar 22, 1861
To consent to the nomination of MR. Burlingame to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the U.S. To austria. (p. 315, 328)
On Mar 22, 1861, the Senate voted 30–8. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–0, Democrats 3–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 30
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 22, 1861
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- 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
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To consent to the nomination of MR…: Senate Vote, Mar 22, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-17/to-consent-to-the-nomination-of-mr-burlingame-to (accessed 2026-10-17).