Senate roll call 112 · 37th Congress · Aug 5, 1861
To consider the report of the committee on the judiciary, examining the credentials of f. P. Stanton, who claims that he, rather than j. H. Lane, was elected a
On Aug 5, 1861, the Senate voted 17–21. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–16, Democrats 4–5, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 17
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Aug 5, 1861
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- 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
- 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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