Senate roll call 226 · 36th Congress · May 30, 1860
On passage of S. 11, (app. 3-2-61), appropriating for the payment of the expenses incurred by the people of the territories of oregon and washington in the supp
On May 30, 1860, the Senate voted 31–17 (S 11). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–4, Republicans 4–13, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 31
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 30, 1860
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 13 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- William Henry Seward R-NY voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-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
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- 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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “On passage of S. 11, (app. 3-2-61)…: Senate Vote, May 30, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-226/on-passage-of-s-11-app-3-2-61 (accessed 2026-10-17).