Senate roll call 557 · 37th Congress · Dec 16, 1862
To table the resolution and the amendment thereto, which provide that the secretary of war be directed to inform the Senate whether DR. John laws or whitclay me
On Dec 16, 1862, the Senate voted 29–13. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–1, Others 1–6, Democrats 0–6. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 13
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Dec 16, 1862
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 6 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 6 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- 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
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan 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 Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- 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 the amendment…: Senate Vote, Dec 16, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-557/to-table-the-resolution-and-the-amendment-thereto-which (accessed 2026-10-15).