Senate roll call 428 · 37th Congress · Jun 19, 1862
To amend H.R. 364 by authorizing the President to appoint a board of engineers for the northern pacific railroad route.
On Jun 19, 1862, the Senate voted 15–23 (HR 364). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–17, Democrats 3–3, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 23
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jun 19, 1862
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 17 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted no
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Stark D-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI 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 Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-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
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- 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
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- 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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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