Senate roll call 714 · 37th Congress · Feb 20, 1863
To go into executive session, motion made during consideration of S. 359 (12 stat (62, app. Mar. 3, 1863), a bill which provides for the remodeling of the court
On Feb 20, 1863, the Senate voted 17–24. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–20, Democrats 4–3, Others 6–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 17
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 20, 1863
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 3 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 20 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- 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
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle 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
- James Harlan R-IA
- 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
- 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
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- 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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To go into executive session, motion made…: Senate Vote, Feb 20, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-714/to-go-into-executive-session-motion-made-during-consideration (accessed 2026-10-15).