Senate roll call 316 · 37th Congress · May 19, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 310. (p. 2204-2)
On May 19, 1862, the Senate voted 15–20. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–15, Others 2–3, Democrats 2–2. 11 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
- 15
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 19, 1862
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 2 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 15 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- David Wilmot R-PA voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
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
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer 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
- Joseph Albert Wright O-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
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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