Senate roll call 669 · 37th Congress · Feb 12, 1863
To amend H.R. 634, a bill giving aid to the state of missouri for the purpose of securing the abolishment of slavery in said state; which amendment proposes to
On Feb 12, 1863, the Senate voted 19–17 (HR 634). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–10, Democrats 1–4, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 17
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 12, 1863
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 4 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 10 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- 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
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 634, a bill giving aid to the…: Senate Vote, Feb 12…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-669/to-amend-h-r-634-a-bill-giving-aid (accessed 2026-10-17).