Senate roll call 189 · 36th Congress · May 11, 1860
That when the Senate adjourns today it do so until monday next. (p. 2061-3)
On May 11, 1860, the Senate voted 20–19. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–9, Republicans 7–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 20
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 11, 1860
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 9 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 10 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted no
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
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
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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