Senate roll call 27 · 37th Congress · Mar 26, 1861
To consent to the nomination of thomas g. Dryer to be U.S. Commissioner for the hawaiian islands. (p. 350, 315)
On Mar 26, 1861, the Senate voted 28–6. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–6, Democrats 10–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 6 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
- 28
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Mar 26, 1861
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 0 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- 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
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Daniel Clark R-NH
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- 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
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- 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
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To consent to the nomination of thomas g…: Senate Vote, Mar 26, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-27/to-consent-to-the-nomination-of-thomas-g-dryer (accessed 2026-10-17).