Senate roll call 379 · 37th Congress · Jun 6, 1862
To amend H.R. 312, by inserting the words, "except those under ten and over sixty years of age." (p. 2605-3)
On Jun 6, 1862, the Senate voted 17–23 (HR 312). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–10, Democrats 0–8, Others 0–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 17
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jun 6, 1862
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 10 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 5 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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