Senate roll call 625 · 37th Congress · Feb 2, 1863
To amend H.R. 635 (12 stat 682, app. Feb. 25, 1863), a bill making appropriations for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the government for the
On Feb 2, 1863, the Senate voted 19–20 (HR 635). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–14, Democrats 1–6, Others 6–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 19
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 2, 1863
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 6 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- 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
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- 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
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 635 (12 stat 682, app. Feb…: Senate Vote, Feb 2, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-625/to-amend-h-r-635-12-stat-682-app (accessed 2026-10-17).