Senate roll call 29 · 37th Congress · Mar 26, 1861
To consent to the nomination of aaron goodrich, to be secretary of the legation of the U.S. To belgium. (p. 351, 326)
On Mar 26, 1861, the Senate voted 27–9. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–7, Democrats 9–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 9 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
- 27
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 26, 1861
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 2 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- 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
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
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
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- 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
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- 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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