Senate roll call 319 · 37th Congress · May 20, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 310. (p. 2229-3)
On May 20, 1862, the Senate voted 24–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–10, Democrats 3–1, Others 3–1. 10 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
- 24
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- May 20, 1862
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 1 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 10 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle 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
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- 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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