Senate roll call 135 · 36th Congress · Mar 29, 1860
On passage of S. 303, an act to authorize protection to be given to citizens of the U.S. Who may discover deposits of "guano" for agricultural interest. (p. 13
On Mar 29, 1860, the Senate voted 29–5 (S 303). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–5, Republicans 16–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 5 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
- 29
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Mar 29, 1860
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 5 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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