Senate roll call 745 · 37th Congress · Feb 27, 1863
To amend H.R. 468 by providing that no person is to be excluded from the cars on account of color.
On Feb 27, 1863, the Senate voted 19–18 (HR 468). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–4, Democrats 0–7, Others 0–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 19
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 27, 1863
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 7 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 4 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 7 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- 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
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- 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
- 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
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- 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
- 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
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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