Senate roll call 740 · 37th Congress · Feb 26, 1863
To reconsider the vote concurring in the amendment to S. 528 which authorizes the President to confer upon the senior officer of the marine corps, the rank, pay
On Feb 26, 1863, the Senate voted 22–13 (S 528). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–6, Democrats 4–3, Others 2–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 9 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
- 22
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 26, 1863
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 3 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 6 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Robert Wilson 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
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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