Senate roll call 37 · 37th Congress · Mar 28, 1861
To consent to the nomination of edwin c. Larned to be the U.S. Attorney for the northern district of illinois. (p. 365, 360)
On Mar 28, 1861, the Senate voted 25–11. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–0, Democrats 0–10, Others 0–1. 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
- 25
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 28, 1861
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 7 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
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
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
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-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
- 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
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To consent to the nomination of edwin c…: Senate Vote, Mar 28, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-37/to-consent-to-the-nomination-of-edwin-c-larned (accessed 2026-10-17).