Senate roll call 177 · 37th Congress · Feb 14, 1862
To table the resolution providing that the employment of an agent to make purchases for the government on commission is inexpedient and should never be tolerate
On Feb 14, 1862, the Senate voted 31–5. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–4, Democrats 8–0, Others 4–1. 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
- 31
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 14, 1862
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 4 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Harlan R-IA
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- 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
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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