Senate roll call 682 · 37th Congress · Feb 14, 1863
To consider S. 393 (12 stat 758, app. Mar. 3, 1863), an act concerning letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods.
On Feb 14, 1863, the Senate voted 31–6 (S 393). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–4, Democrats 6–1, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 5 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
- 31
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 14, 1863
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 1 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 4 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- David Wilmot R-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- David Wilmot R-PA
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
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- 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 Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To consider S. 393 (12 stat 758, app. Mar…: Senate Vote, Feb 14, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-682/to-consider-s-393-12-stat-758-app-mar (accessed 2026-10-16).