Senate roll call 597 · 37th Congress · Jan 24, 1863
To pass S.J.RES. 124, a bill which provides that the secretary of the navy be directed not to receive and accept league island, near philadelphia, unless congre
On Jan 24, 1863, the Senate voted 21–18 (SJR 124). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–10, Democrats 1–5, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 21
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jan 24, 1863
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 5 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 10 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- David Wilmot R-PA voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- 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
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
How each senator voted: No
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- 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
- 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
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- 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
- 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 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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