Senate roll call 199 · 36th Congress · May 24, 1860
To amend S. 464, (app. 6-16-60), amending an act in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade, by eliminating all after the enacting clause except the PR
On May 24, 1860, the Senate voted 17–38 (S 464). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–15, Republicans 0–21, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 38
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- May 24, 1860
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 21 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA voted no
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- John Hemphill D-TX voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason 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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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