Senate roll call 591 · 37th Congress · Jan 21, 1863
To amend H.R 226 by eliminating section 1 which provides for two additional judges. (p. 426-3)
On Jan 21, 1863, the Senate voted 21–17 (HR 226). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–13, Others 3–2, Democrats 1–2. 13 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
- 21
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jan 21, 1863
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 2 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 13 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- 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
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-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 Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-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
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R 226 by eliminating section 1…: Senate Vote, Jan 21, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-591/to-amend-h-r-226-by-eliminating-section-1 (accessed 2026-10-17).