Senate roll call 541 · 37th Congress · Jul 16, 1862
To table the nomination of james s. Jackson, to be brigadier-general of the volunteers.
On Jul 16, 1862, the Senate voted 16–19. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–12, Democrats 0–4, Others 0–3. 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
- 16
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jul 16, 1862
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 4 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 12 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- 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 Willis Nesmith D-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
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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