Senate roll call 469 · 37th Congress · Jun 30, 1862
To refer S. 342 to the select committee on armories and foundaries for study. (p. 3018-2)
On Jun 30, 1862, the Senate voted 18–19 (S 342). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–15, Others 5–2, Democrats 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 19
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jun 30, 1862
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 2 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Stark D-OR voted no
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler 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
- 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
- David Wilmot R-PA
- 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
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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