Senate roll call 197 · 37th Congress · Mar 5, 1862
To amend S. 175 (12 stat 594, app july 17, 1862), a bill to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the army, and for other purposes; which amendme
On Mar 5, 1862, the Senate voted 14–23 (S 175). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–14, Democrats 3–3, Others 0–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 23
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Mar 5, 1862
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 14 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 6 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Stark D-OR voted no
- David Wilmot R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-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
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- 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
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 175 (12 stat 594, app july 17…: Senate Vote, Mar 5, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-197/to-amend-s-175-12-stat-594-app-july (accessed 2026-10-17).