Senate roll call 233 · 37th Congress · Mar 28, 1862
To amend an amendment to H.R. 242 (12 stat 380, app. Apr. 17, 1862), a bill making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1863
On Mar 28, 1862, the Senate voted 24–18 (HR 242). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–15, Democrats 6–1, Others 5–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 24
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Mar 28, 1862
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 1 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 15 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Stark D-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- 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
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend an amendment to H.R. 242 (12 stat…: Senate Vote, Mar 28, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-233/to-amend-an-amendment-to-h-r-242-12 (accessed 2026-10-17).