Senate roll call 581 · 37th Congress · Jan 20, 1863
To postpone special orders and consider H.R. 226. (p. 395-3)
On Jan 20, 1863, the Senate voted 23–13 (HR 226). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–12, Others 4–0, Democrats 2–1. 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
- 23
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jan 20, 1863
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 1 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 12 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
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
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. 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
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-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 Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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