Senate roll call 180 · 36th Congress · May 9, 1860
To table S. 416. (p. 2006-3)
On May 9, 1860, the Senate voted 17–33 (S 416). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–10, Republicans 0–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 33
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- May 9, 1860
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 10 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 23 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- 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
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table S. 416. (p. 2006-3): Senate Vote, May 9, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-180/to-table-s-416-p-2006-3 (accessed 2026-10-15).