Senate roll call 117 · 37th Congress · Aug 6, 1861
To consider the resolution providing that the salary of asbury dickens, late secretary of the Senate, be continued for one year from the commencement of the pre
On Aug 6, 1861, the Senate voted 29–6. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–6, Democrats 7–0, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 6 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
- 29
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Aug 6, 1861
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 0 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Trusten Polk 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
- Ira Harris R-NY
- 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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