Senate roll call 746 · 37th Congress · Feb 27, 1863
To pass H.R. 468. (p. 1330-2)
On Feb 27, 1863, the Senate voted 22–16 (HR 468). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–7, Democrats 3–5, Others 2–4. 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
- 22
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Feb 27, 1863
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 5 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 7 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- 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
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- 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
- John Snyder Carlile O-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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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H.R. 468. (p. 1330-2): Senate Vote, Feb 27, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-746/to-pass-h-r-468-p-1330-2 (accessed 2026-10-17).