Senate roll call 170 · 36th Congress · May 9, 1860
To amend S. 416, by extending the benefit of the bounty land system to those who served in the U.S. Army and navy, and were honorably discharged, limiting the q
On May 9, 1860, the Senate voted 17–35 (S 416). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–11, Republicans 0–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 17
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 9, 1860
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 11 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 24 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- 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
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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