Senate roll call 730 · 37th Congress · Feb 24, 1863
To amend S. 439 by providing that upon failure of american manufacturers to supply iron as quickly and cheaply as the demands of the railroad require, the compa
On Feb 24, 1863, the Senate voted 11–25 (S 439). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–18, Democrats 3–3, Others 1–4. 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
- 11
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 24, 1863
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 18 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- 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
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
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
- William Alexander Richardson 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
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- 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
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 439 by providing that upon…: Senate Vote, Feb 24, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-730/to-amend-s-439-by-providing-that-upon-failure (accessed 2026-10-16).