Senate roll call 161 · 36th Congress · Apr 17, 1860
To amend the resolution adjourning Congress on thursday, april 19th, to tuesday, may 22nd, by terminating present session on monday, june 4th. (p. 1747-3)
On Apr 17, 1860, the Senate voted 18–31. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–16, Republicans 9–15, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 31
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Apr 17, 1860
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 15 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Henry Hammond D-SC voted yes
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Did not vote
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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