Senate roll call 700 · 37th Congress · Feb 18, 1863
To pass S. 483 (12 stat 807, app. Mar. 3, 1863), an act to establish the gauge of the pacific railroad and its branches. (p. 1049-1)
On Feb 18, 1863, the Senate voted 26–9 (S 483). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–3, Democrats 1–4, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 26
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 18, 1863
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 4 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
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
- 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
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- 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
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S. 483 (12 stat 807, app. Mar. 3…: Senate Vote, Feb 18, 1863,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-700/to-pass-s-483-12-stat-807-app-mar (accessed 2026-10-17).