Senate roll call 287 · 37th Congress · May 8, 1862
To amend H.R. 269 (12 stat 387, app. May 15, 1862), a bill to establish a department of agriculture, by substituting that a bureau of agriculture and statistics
On May 8, 1862, the Senate voted 18–18 (HR 269). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–14, Others 4–2, Democrats 2–2. 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
- 18
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- May 8, 1862
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 2 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted yes
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-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 Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- 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 amend H.R. 269 (12 stat 387, app. May 15…: Senate Vote, May 8, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-287/to-amend-h-r-269-12-stat-387-app (accessed 2026-10-17).