Senate roll call 657 · 37th Congress · Feb 9, 1863
To postpone consideration of S. 486 (12 stat 665, app. Feb. 25, 1863), an act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of U.S. Stocks and to provide
On Feb 9, 1863, the Senate voted 20–21 (S 486). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–15, Democrats 4–5, Others 6–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 21
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 9, 1863
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- James Walter Wall D-NJ voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- 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
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham 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
- 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
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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