Senate roll call 615 · 37th Congress · Jan 28, 1863
To postpone consideration of the resolution which amends the the 34th rule of the Senate by adding the following words: a committee on agriculture to consist of
On Jan 28, 1863, the Senate voted 21–20. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–12, Democrats 2–5, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 20
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jan 28, 1863
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 5 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 12 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan 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
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- 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
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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