Senate roll call 607 · 37th Congress · Jan 27, 1863
To amend H.R. 591 by providing that, with the exception of those in the military or naval service, no person arrested or to be arrested for aiding in the rebell
On Jan 27, 1863, the Senate voted 20–20 (HR 591). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–20, Democrats 6–0, Others 5–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 20
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jan 27, 1863
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted yes
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy 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 Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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