Senate roll call 723 · 37th Congress · Feb 23, 1863
To amend H.R. 362 by eliminating sections 2 and 3 which provide that prisoners be released as soon as the case is adjudicated in their favor and the oath of all
On Feb 23, 1863, the Senate voted 18–20 (HR 362). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–9, Democrats 1–6, Others 1–5. 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
- 18
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Feb 23, 1863
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 6 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 5 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- James Walter Wall D-NJ voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- David Wilmot R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe 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
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- 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
- 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 Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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