Senate roll call 124 · 36th Congress · Mar 23, 1860
To reconsider the vote that when Senate adjourn it meet monday next. (p. 1330-2)
On Mar 23, 1860, the Senate voted 18–29. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–15, Republicans 7–12, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 members voted against their own party.
During the 36th Congress (1859–1860), James Buchanan was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 23, 1860
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 15 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 12 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted yes
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted yes
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX voted yes
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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