Senate roll call 99 · 37th Congress · Aug 2, 1861
To amend H.R. 96 (12 stat 315, app. Aug. 5, 1861), a bill making further appropriations for the support of the naval service for the fiscal year ending june 30,
On Aug 2, 1861, the Senate voted 21–22 (HR 96). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–19, Democrats 10–3, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 22
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Aug 2, 1861
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 3 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 19 no · 8 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
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- David Wilmot R-PA voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- 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
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 96 (12 stat 315, app. Aug. 5…: Senate Vote, Aug 2, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-99/to-amend-h-r-96-12-stat-315-app (accessed 2026-10-17).