Senate roll call 243 · 37th Congress · Apr 3, 1862
To amend S. 108 by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting that the question of freeing the slaves in the district of columbia be put to the WH
On Apr 3, 1862, the Senate voted 10–25 (S 108). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–24, Others 5–1, Democrats 4–0. 1 member 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
- 10
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Apr 3, 1862
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 0 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 24 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster 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
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. 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
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 108 by striking out all after…: Senate Vote, Apr 3, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-243/to-amend-s-108-by-striking-out-all-after (accessed 2026-10-17).