Senate roll call 729 · 37th Congress · Feb 24, 1863
To amend S. 439 by providing that a percentage of bonds granted to railroads remain in the treasury of the U.S. And such amounts shall be paid to the railroads
On Feb 24, 1863, the Senate voted 24–12 (S 439). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–3, Democrats 2–5, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 24
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 24, 1863
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 5 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 3 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- 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
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- 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
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-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
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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