Senate roll call 136 · 36th Congress · Mar 30, 1860
To amend S. 324, relating to the claim of abigail nason, heir of john lord, for wages due as U.S. Seaman during the revolutionary war, by paying the principal o
On Mar 30, 1860, the Senate voted 20–15 (S 324). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–2, Republicans 2–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 20
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 30, 1860
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 2 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 13 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Did not vote
- 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
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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