Senate roll call 187 · 37th Congress · Feb 25, 1862
To go into executive session. (p. 947-1)
On Feb 25, 1862, the Senate voted 22–17. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–8, Democrats 3–6, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 22
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 25, 1862
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 6 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- 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 Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- 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
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- 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
- 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
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To go into executive session. (p. 947-1): Senate Vote, Feb 25, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-187/to-go-into-executive-session-p-947-1 (accessed 2026-10-16).