Senate roll call 148 · 36th Congress · Apr 7, 1860
To go into executive session, motion made during debate on S. 201. (p. 1598-2)
On Apr 7, 1860, the Senate voted 16–26. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–10, Republicans 4–14, 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 36th Congress (1859–1860), James Buchanan was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Apr 7, 1860
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 14 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- John Hemphill D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Hemphill D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
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
- 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
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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