Senate roll call 135 · 37th Congress · Jan 9, 1862
To pass H.J.RES. 26 (12 stat 611, jan. 11, 1862), a resolution explanatory of an act to increase the duties on tea, coffee and sugar, approved dec. 24, 1861. (p
On Jan 9, 1862, the Senate voted 23–15 (HJR 26). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–8, Democrats 4–5, Others 0–2. 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
- 23
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jan 9, 1862
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 8 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
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
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-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
- James Walter Wall 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
- David Wilmot R-PA
- 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
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass H.J.RES. 26 (12 stat 611, jan. 11…: Senate Vote, Jan 9, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-135/to-pass-h-j-res-26-12-stat-611 (accessed 2026-10-17).