Senate roll call 273 · 37th Congress · Apr 25, 1862
To consent to the nomination of henry h. Lockwood of delaware as a brigadier general in the volunteer force.
On Apr 25, 1862, the Senate voted 17–20. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–11, Democrats 1–7, 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
- 17
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Apr 25, 1862
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 11 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted yes
- David Wilmot R-PA voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- 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
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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