Senate roll call 736 · 37th Congress · Feb 26, 1863
To consent to the appointment of william masten of new york as a collector of internal revenue.
On Feb 26, 1863, the Senate voted 27–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–12, Democrats 8–0, Others 6–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 27
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 26, 1863
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 0 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 12 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy 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
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Preston King R-NY
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham 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
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- 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 Conover Ten Eyck R-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 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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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