Senate roll call 249 · 37th Congress · Apr 8, 1862
To pass the second article to the treaty with mexico, which provides for the extradition from one state to another of persons accused of crimes, through requisi
On Apr 8, 1862, the Senate voted 19–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–8, Others 2–3, Democrats 2–1. 8 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
- 19
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Apr 8, 1862
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 1 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 8 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- 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
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- 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
- Zachariah Chandler 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
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-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 Willis Nesmith D-OR
- 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
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass the second article to the treaty…: Senate Vote, Apr 8, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-249/to-pass-the-second-article-to-the-treaty-with (accessed 2026-10-17).