Senate roll call 53 · 37th Congress · Jul 15, 1861
To concur in the amendment, as amended, to S. 2 (12 stat 279, app. July 29, 1861), an act to increase the present military establishment of the U.S.; which ame
On Jul 15, 1861, the Senate voted 23–18 (S 2). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–15, Democrats 8–3, Others 2–0. 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
- 23
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 15, 1861
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 3 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 15 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR voted no
- David Wilmot R-PA voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
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
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- 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
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
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