Senate roll call 531 · 37th Congress · Jul 15, 1862
To amend S. 384 (12 stat 597, app. July 17, 1862), a bill to amend the act calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections an
On Jul 15, 1862, the Senate voted 21–14 (S 384). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–14, Others 6–0, Democrats 3–0. 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
- 21
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jul 15, 1862
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 0 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted yes
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- 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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 384 (12 stat 597, app. July 17…: Senate Vote, Jul 15, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-531/to-amend-s-384-12-stat-597-app-july (accessed 2026-10-17).