Senate roll call 556 · 37th Congress · Dec 16, 1862
To table the resolution and amendment thereto, which provide for censure and condemnation by the Senate and the american people of former President james buchan
On Dec 16, 1862, the Senate voted 38–3. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–2, Others 6–1, Democrats 6–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 2 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
- 38
- No
- 3
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Dec 16, 1862
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 2 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- 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
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- 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
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- 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
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table the resolution and amendment…: Senate Vote, Dec 16, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-556/to-table-the-resolution-and-amendment-thereto-which-provide (accessed 2026-10-14).