Senate roll call 717 · 37th Congress · Feb 20, 1863
To amend S. 359 by providing for the appointment of a warden of the jail for the city of washington. (p. 1139-3)
On Feb 20, 1863, the Senate voted 10–25 (S 359). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–13, Democrats 0–6, Others 0–6. 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
- 10
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 20, 1863
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 6 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 13 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 6 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- 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 Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. 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
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- 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 Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold 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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 359 by providing for the…: Senate Vote, Feb 20, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-717/to-amend-s-359-by-providing-for-the-appointment (accessed 2026-10-17).