Senate roll call 93 · 37th Congress · Aug 1, 1861
To go into executive session, motion made during consideration of S. 33, an act to suppress insurrection and sedition, and for other purposes. (p. 382-2)
On Aug 1, 1861, the Senate voted 21–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–15, Democrats 7–1, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 21
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Aug 1, 1861
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 1 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted no
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- David Wilmot R-PA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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