Senate roll call 539 · 37th Congress · Jul 15, 1862
To pass S. 385 (12 stat 592, app. July 17, 1862), an act to amend an act in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade. (p. 3359-2)
On Jul 15, 1862, the Senate voted 30–7 (S 385). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–6, Others 5–1, Democrats 4–0. 6 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
- 30
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jul 15, 1862
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 0 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 6 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- David Wilmot R-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- 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
- 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 Harlan R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- 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
- 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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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S. 385 (12 stat 592, app. July 17…: Senate Vote, Jul 15, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-539/to-pass-s-385-12-stat-592-app-july (accessed 2026-10-16).