Senate roll call 224 · 37th Congress · Mar 21, 1862
To postpone until wednesday next, S. 191, a bill for the establishment of a national foundry and furnace for the fabrication of cannons and projectiles for the
On Mar 21, 1862, the Senate voted 18–20 (S 191). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–17, Democrats 4–1, Others 3–2. 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
- 18
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 21, 1862
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 1 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 17 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle 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
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
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
- 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
- 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
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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