Senate roll call 535 · 37th Congress · Jul 15, 1862
To amend S. 384 by providing that slaves of any person bearing arms against the union, or giving aid or comfort to the enemy, shall be rendered free. (p. 3338-
On Jul 15, 1862, the Senate voted 18–17 (S 384). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–17, Others 5–0, Democrats 1–0. 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
- 18
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jul 15, 1862
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 0 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 17 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no · 3 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
- 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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT 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
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes 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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- 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
- 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
- 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
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- 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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