Senate roll call 188 · 36th Congress · May 11, 1860
On adoption of H.J.RES. 15, (app. 5-16-60), providing for the claim of thomas c. Ware, for services rendered in pro-secution of the martha washington conspriato
On May 11, 1860, the Senate voted 29–11 (HJR 15). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–11, Republicans 16–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 29
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 11, 1860
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 11 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- 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
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Joseph Lane D-OR
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch 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
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “On adoption of H.J.RES. 15, (app. 5-16-60)…: Senate Vote, May 11, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-188/on-adoption-of-h-j-res-15-app-5 (accessed 2026-10-17).