Senate roll call 28 · 37th Congress · Mar 26, 1861
To table the nomination of aaron goodrich to be secretary of the legation of the U.S. To belgium.
On Mar 26, 1861, the Senate voted 14–22. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–16, Democrats 4–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 14
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 26, 1861
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 16 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe 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
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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