Senate roll call 517 · 37th Congress · Jul 12, 1862
To table the nomination of alonzo s. Upham of new york to be secretary of new mexico territory.
On Jul 12, 1862, the Senate voted 18–17. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–13, Democrats 2–3, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 18
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jul 12, 1862
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 3 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 13 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Stark D-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- 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
- 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
- James Willis Nesmith D-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
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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