Senate roll call 126 · 37th Congress · Dec 19, 1861
To consider the house resolution providing for an adjournment for the christmas holidays. (p. 143-3)
On Dec 19, 1861, the Senate voted 24–13. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–12, Democrats 9–1, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 24
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Dec 19, 1861
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 1 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- 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
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- 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 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
- David Wilmot R-PA
- 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
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To consider the house resolution providing…: Senate Vote, Dec 19, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-126/to-consider-the-house-resolution-providing-for-an-adjournment (accessed 2026-10-17).