Senate roll call 143 · 36th Congress · Apr 5, 1860
That the Senate adjourn because of today being good friday to resume session again on saturday. (p. 1556-3)
On Apr 5, 1860, the Senate voted 21–29. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–11, Republicans 5–18, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 21
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Apr 5, 1860
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 18 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC voted no
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- John Hemphill D-TX voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
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
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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