Senate roll call 732 · 37th Congress · Feb 25, 1863
To amend H.R. 731 (12 stat 774, app. Mar. 3, 1863), a bill making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the indian department, and for fulfi
On Feb 25, 1863, the Senate voted 20–15 (HR 731). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–13, Democrats 6–0, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 20
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 25, 1863
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 0 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 13 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted yes
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Ira Harris R-NY voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- David Wilmot R-PA voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson 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
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Edgar Cowan 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 731 (12 stat 774, app. Mar. 3…: Senate Vote, Feb 25…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/37-S-732/to-amend-h-r-731-12-stat-774-app (accessed 2026-10-17).