Senate roll call 677 · 37th Congress · Feb 13, 1863
To concur in the amendment, made in the committee of the whole, to H.R. 659; which amendment reduces the amount of tax on the average circulation of monies in b
On Feb 13, 1863, the Senate voted 20–17 (HR 659). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–10, Democrats 4–3, Others 1–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 20
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 13, 1863
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 3 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- James Walter Wall D-NJ voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- 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
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- 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
- 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 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
- David Wilmot 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
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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