Senate roll call 433 · 37th Congress · Jun 20, 1862
To amend H.R. 364 (12 stat 489, app. July 1, 1862), a bill to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the missouri river to the pacific oc
On Jun 20, 1862, the Senate voted 18–25 (HR 364). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–15, Others 2–5, Democrats 1–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 18
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jun 20, 1862
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 5 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 15 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 5 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- David Wilmot R-PA voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
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
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- 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
- 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 364 (12 stat 489, app. July 1…: Senate Vote, Jun 20…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-433/to-amend-h-r-364-12-stat-489-app (accessed 2026-10-17).