Senate roll call 321 · 37th Congress · May 21, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 (12 stat 432, app. July 1, 1862), a bill to provide internal revenue to support the government and pay interest on the public debt; which amen
On May 21, 1862, the Senate voted 13–23 (HR 312). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–19, Others 1–4, Democrats 2–0. 10 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
- 13
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- May 21, 1862
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 0 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 19 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- 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
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- 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
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 312 (12 stat 432, app. July 1…: Senate Vote, May 21…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-321/to-amend-h-r-312-12-stat-432-app (accessed 2026-10-17).