Senate roll call 602 · 37th Congress · Jan 27, 1863
To consider the resolution which requests the President of the U.S. To transmit to the Senate copies of the record and all proceedings relating to the court ma
On Jan 27, 1863, the Senate voted 18–22. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–18, Democrats 7–1, Others 3–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 18
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jan 27, 1863
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 1 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 18 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- 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 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
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Edgar Cowan 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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To consider the resolution which requests…: Senate Vote, Jan 27, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-602/to-consider-the-resolution-which-requests-the-president-of (accessed 2026-10-17).