Senate roll call 747 · 37th Congress · Feb 27, 1863
To amend S. 544 (12 stat 820, app. Mar. 3, 1863), an act to provide for the collection of abandoned property, for the purchase of staples, and for the preventio
On Feb 27, 1863, the Senate voted 27–10 (S 544). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–9, Democrats 7–0, Others 5–1. 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
- 27
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 27, 1863
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 9 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. 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
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 544 (12 stat 820, app. Mar. 3…: Senate Vote, Feb 27, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-747/to-amend-s-544-12-stat-820-app-mar (accessed 2026-10-17).