Senate roll call 313 · 37th Congress · May 19, 1862
To amend S. 310 by striking out the eleventh section which authorizes the President to employ as many negroes as he may deem necessary for the suppression of TH
On May 19, 1862, the Senate voted 11–25 (S 310). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–25, Others 6–0, Democrats 5–0. 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
- 11
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- May 19, 1862
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 0 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 25 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- 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 Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 310 by striking out the eleventh…: Senate Vote, May 19…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-313/to-amend-s-310-by-striking-out-the-eleventh (accessed 2026-10-17).