Senate roll call 457 · 37th Congress · Jun 27, 1862
To amend the resolution that the secretary of war be directed to transmit to the Senate the report of the commissioners who investigated ordnance and gun contra
On Jun 27, 1862, the Senate voted 24–14. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–4, Democrats 1–6, Others 2–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 24
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jun 27, 1862
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 6 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
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
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- 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
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- 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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