Senate roll call 491 · 37th Congress · Jul 7, 1862
To consider S. 365 (12 stat 633, app. Dec. 31, 1862), a bill providing for the admission of west virginia. (p. 3134-1)
On Jul 7, 1862, the Senate voted 17–18 (S 365). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–13, Others 4–2, Democrats 1–3. 12 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
- Jul 7, 1862
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 3 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- 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
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- 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
- David Wilmot 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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Capitol Receipts, “To consider S. 365 (12 stat 633, app. Dec…: Senate Vote, Jul 7, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-491/to-consider-s-365-12-stat-633-app-dec (accessed 2026-10-16).