Senate roll call 3 · 37th Congress · Mar 6, 1861
To go into executive session. (p. 1439-2)
On Mar 6, 1861, the Senate voted 22–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–0, Democrats 0–12. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 37th Congress (1861–1862), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Mar 6, 1861
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 12 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham 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
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright 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
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To go into executive session. (p. 1439-2): Senate Vote, Mar 6, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-3/to-go-into-executive-session-p-1439-2 (accessed 2026-10-15).