Senate roll call 788 · 37th Congress · Mar 3, 1863
To postpone consideration of S. 523, an act to enable the people of colorado to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state in
On Mar 3, 1863, the Senate voted 16–20 (S 523). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–11, Democrats 0–6, Others 2–3. 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
- 16
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 3, 1863
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 6 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 11 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Edgar Cowan R-PA voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- James Rood Doolittle 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
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- 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
- Robert Wilson 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- 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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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