Senate roll call 165 · 36th Congress · Apr 18, 1860
On adoption of a resolution adjourning Congress on thursday, april 19th, at two o'clock, to tuesday, may 22nd. (p. 1769-3)
On Apr 18, 1860, the Senate voted 21–22. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–10, Democrats 8–11, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 22
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Apr 18, 1860
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 11 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 10 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- 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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