Senate roll call 552 · 37th Congress · Jul 17, 1862
To consider the nomination of alonzo s. Upham as secretary of the territory of new mexico.
On Jul 17, 1862, the Senate voted 16–21. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–19, Others 3–2, Democrats 3–0. 10 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
- 16
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jul 17, 1862
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 0 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 19 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe 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
- 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
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson 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
- 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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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