Senate roll call 193 · 37th Congress · Feb 28, 1862
To postpone the special order of business, S. 151, a bill to confiscate property and free the slaves of rebels. (p. 1014-2)
On Feb 28, 1862, the Senate voted 24–20 (S 151). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–19, Democrats 9–1, Others 6–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 20
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 28, 1862
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 1 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 19 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- 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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- 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
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To postpone the special order of business…: Senate Vote, Feb 28, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-193/to-postpone-the-special-order-of-business-s-151 (accessed 2026-10-17).