Senate roll call 96 · 37th Congress · Aug 2, 1861
To refer to the committee on the judiciary, S.J.RES. 1, a resolution to approve and confirm certain acts of the President of the United States, for suppressing
On Aug 2, 1861, the Senate voted 17–23 (SJR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–12, Democrats 2–9, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 17
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Aug 2, 1861
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 9 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 12 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN voted no
- James Henry Lane R-KS voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Orville Hickman Browning R-IL
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Ira Harris R-NY
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- David Wilmot R-PA
- Edgar Cowan R-PA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Henry Smith Lane R-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Henry Lane R-KS
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Waldo Porter Johnson D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Did not vote
- Charles Burton Mitchel D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- David Turpie D-IN
- Joseph Albert Wright O-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis O-KY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks O-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- John Brooks Henderson O-MO
- Robert Wilson O-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Walter Wall D-NJ
- Richard Stockton Field R-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Harding D-OR
- Benjamin Stark D-OR
- James Willis Nesmith D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- Waitman Thomas Willey O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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