Senate roll call 315 · 37th Congress · May 19, 1862
To amend S. 310 by providing that no slave be emancipated under this act until he is taken into the possession of some agent of the U.S. And provisions have be
On May 19, 1862, the Senate voted 6–30 (S 310). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–27, Others 3–2, Democrats 3–1.
During the 37th Congress (1861–1862), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- May 19, 1862
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 1 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 27 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- 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
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- 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
- 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
- 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
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