Senate roll call 222 · 37th Congress · Mar 19, 1862
To pass S. 235, a bill providing for the organization of army corps, of staffs attached to the corps, and of divisions in the army of the United States. (p. 12
On Mar 19, 1862, the Senate voted 29–9 (S 235). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–6, Democrats 5–1, Others 3–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 7 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
- 29
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 19, 1862
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 1 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 6 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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