Senate roll call 155 · 37th Congress · Jan 28, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of S. 169 (12 stat 334, app jan. 31, 1862), a bill authorizing the President of the U.S. In certain cases to take
On Jan 28, 1862, the Senate voted 17–18. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–15, Democrats 4–2, Others 3–1. 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
- 17
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jan 28, 1862
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 2 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted no
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- David Wilmot R-PA voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-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
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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