Senate roll call 25 · 37th Congress · Mar 23, 1861
To go into executive session. (p. 1498-1)
On Mar 23, 1861, the Senate voted 26–10. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–10, Democrats 12–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 26
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 23, 1861
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- 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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- 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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To go into executive session. (p. 1498-1): Senate Vote, Mar 23, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-25/to-go-into-executive-session-p-1498-1 (accessed 2026-10-16).