Senate roll call 62 · 37th Congress · Jul 19, 1861
To consent to the nomination of miguel a. Otero to be secretary of the territory of new mexico. (p. 472, 397)
On Jul 19, 1861, the Senate voted 14–23. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–23, Democrats 9–0, Others 3–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 14
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jul 19, 1861
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Ira Harris R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-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
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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