Senate roll call 706 · 37th Congress · Feb 19, 1863
To amend H.R. 708 by providing that the President may assign commodores, captains, and commanders of the navy to the temporary position of rear admiral. (p. 11
On Feb 19, 1863, the Senate voted 13–24 (HR 708). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–15, Democrats 3–3, Others 0–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 13
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 19, 1863
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 3 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 6 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. 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
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-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
- Preston King R-NY
- 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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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