Senate roll call 410 · 37th Congress · Jun 16, 1862
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 423, made in the committee of the whole, providing that slaves shall not be employed in any navy yard, dock yard, arsenal, mag
On Jun 16, 1862, the Senate voted 17–18 (HR 423). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–9, Democrats 0–5, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 18
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jun 16, 1862
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 5 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- 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
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- 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
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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