Senate roll call 157 · 37th Congress · Jan 28, 1862
To amend S. 169 by providing that any person interfering with or destroying any railroad property being used by the government shall be treated as a spy and pun
On Jan 28, 1862, the Senate voted 14–21 (S 169). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–16, Democrats 3–3, Others 2–2. 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
- 14
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jan 28, 1862
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- 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
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- 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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