Senate roll call 55 · 37th Congress · Jul 17, 1861
To amend S. 3 by providing that should the brevet lieutenant general be retired under this act, he shall suffer no reduction in pay, subsistence, or allowance.
On Jul 17, 1861, the Senate voted 29–11 (S 3). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–6, Democrats 7–3, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 9 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
- 29
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jul 17, 1861
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 3 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted no
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH 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
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
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