Senate roll call 340 · 37th Congress · May 31, 1862
To amend S. 312 by providing that all taxes on articles manufactured and sold before the passage of this act are to be paid by the purchaser under regulations o
On May 31, 1862, the Senate voted 16–16 (HR 312). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–12, Democrats 2–3, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 16
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- May 31, 1862
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 3 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Ira Harris R-NY
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons 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 Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- 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 Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-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
- 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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