Senate roll call 219 · 36th Congress · May 26, 1860
To amend S. 10, additional to an act to promote the progress of the useful arts, by eliminating the section requiring that before an appeal shall be allowed to
On May 26, 1860, the Senate voted 21–22 (S 10). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–22, Republicans 16–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 21
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 26, 1860
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 22 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- 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
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green 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
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
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
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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