Senate roll call 487 · 37th Congress · Jul 3, 1862
To amend S. 113 by repealing the act of 1789, and making it unnecessary to summon jurors in capital cases from the county wherein crime was committed. (p. 3099
On Jul 3, 1862, the Senate voted 32–3 (S 113). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–0, Others 5–0, Democrats 1–3.
During the 37th Congress (1861–1862), Abraham Lincoln was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 3
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jul 3, 1862
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 3 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- 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
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson 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
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- 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
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-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
- Edgar Cowan 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
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 113 by repealing the act of…: Senate Vote, Jul 3, 1862,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-487/to-amend-s-113-by-repealing-the-act-of (accessed 2026-10-17).