Senate roll call 688 · 37th Congress · Feb 16, 1863
To concur in the amendment to S. 511 providing that in apportioning the number of men to be drafted from the several districts, the President consider the numbe
On Feb 16, 1863, the Senate voted 11–25 (S 511). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–18, Democrats 1–4, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 11
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 16, 1863
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 4 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 18 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- 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
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Robert Wilson 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
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- 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
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To concur in the amendment to S. 511…: Senate Vote, Feb 16, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-688/to-concur-in-the-amendment-to-s-511-providing (accessed 2026-10-17).