Senate roll call 223 · 36th Congress · May 29, 1860
To adjourn in order to terminate debate due to late hour on S. 307, (app. 6-21-60), repealing the second section and other portions of an act passed june 2, 185
On May 29, 1860, the Senate voted 22–20. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–9, Republicans 5–10, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 22
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- May 29, 1860
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 9 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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