Senate roll call 203 · 36th Congress · May 24, 1860
On adoption of the res. That negro slavery as it exists in fifteen states of this union composes an important portion of their domestic institution inherited FR
On May 24, 1860, the Senate voted 36–20. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 34–0, Republicans 0–20, Others 2–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 36th Congress (1859–1860), James Buchanan was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 36
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- May 24, 1860
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
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
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- 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
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- 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
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- 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
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “On adoption of the res. That negro slavery…: Senate Vote, May 24, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-203/on-adoption-of-the-res-that-negro-slavery-as (accessed 2026-10-17).