Senate roll call 744 · 37th Congress · Feb 27, 1863
To postpone until tomorrow consideration of H.R. 468 (12 stat 805, app. Mar. 3, 1863), an act to extend the charter of the alexandria and washington railroad co
On Feb 27, 1863, the Senate voted 16–19 (HR 468). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–9, Democrats 1–6, Others 2–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 16
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 27, 1863
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 6 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted yes
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- Ira Harris R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI voted no
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
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Greene Arnold R-RI
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- 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
- Preston King R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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