Senate roll call 275 · 37th Congress · Apr 25, 1862
To pass S. 75, a bill to establish a line of steam mail ships between san francisco and shanghai, touching at the sandwich islands and japan.
On Apr 25, 1862, the Senate voted 26–16 (S 75). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–16, Democrats 8–0, Others 6–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 26
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Apr 25, 1862
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted yes
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- 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
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- 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
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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