Senate roll call 234 · 37th Congress · Mar 28, 1862
To amend an amendment to H.R. 242 by providing that the appropriations for an iron-clad warship, made in the amendment, shall not be expended unless the secreta
On Mar 28, 1862, the Senate voted 20–19 (HR 242). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–10, Democrats 2–4, Others 1–5. 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
- 20
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Mar 28, 1862
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 4 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 10 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 5 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- 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
- Preston King R-NY
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- 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
- 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
- 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 Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons 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
Other votes
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend an amendment to H.R. 242 by…: Senate Vote, Mar 28, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-234/to-amend-an-amendment-to-h-r-242-by (accessed 2026-10-17).