Senate roll call 225 · 36th Congress · May 30, 1860
To amend S. 11, (app. 3-2-61), appropriating for the payment of expenses incurred by the people of the territories of oregon and washington in the suppression o
On May 30, 1860, the Senate voted 12–36 (S 11). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–15, Republicans 0–19, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 12
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 30, 1860
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 15 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 19 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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