Senate roll call 214 · 37th Congress · Mar 14, 1862
To consent to the nomination of irvin MC dowell.
On Mar 14, 1862, the Senate voted 22–13. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–9, Democrats 3–3, Others 3–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 13
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 14, 1862
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- John Snyder Carlile 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
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- 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
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- 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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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