Senate roll call 664 · 37th Congress · Feb 11, 1863
To amend S. 486 by providing that all banks operating under this act shall, within 12 months after the war ends, redeem in gold or silver all the notes issued b
On Feb 11, 1863, the Senate voted 18–18 (S 486). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–17, Democrats 6–0, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 18
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 11, 1863
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 17 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- 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
- 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
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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