Senate roll call 687 · 37th Congress · Feb 16, 1863
To amend S. 511 by apportioning the number of volunteers and militia, crediting the states and districts with men in the field since the commencement of the reb
On Feb 16, 1863, the Senate voted 12–24 (S 511). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–20, Democrats 2–3, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 12
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 16, 1863
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 3 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 20 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- 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
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
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Robert Wilson 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
- David Wilmot R-PA
- 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 amend S. 511 by apportioning the number…: Senate Vote, Feb 16, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-687/to-amend-s-511-by-apportioning-the-number-of (accessed 2026-10-17).