Senate roll call 70 · 37th Congress · Jul 26, 1861
To consent to the nomination of scott w. Updike to be deputy postmaster at rochester, new york. (p. 485, 403)
On Jul 26, 1861, the Senate voted 20–19. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–15, Democrats 3–4, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 19
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jul 26, 1861
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 4 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 15 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- David Wilmot R-PA voted no
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. 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
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- 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 Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Samuel Greene Arnold 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To consent to the nomination of scott w…: Senate Vote, Jul 26, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-70/to-consent-to-the-nomination-of-scott-w-updike (accessed 2026-10-17).