Senate roll call 239 · 36th Congress · Jun 2, 1860
To amend H.R. 305, by eliminating a proposed addition to the army staff of a signal officer, with the rank, pay, and allowances of a major of cavalry, who, unde
On Jun 2, 1860, the Senate voted 22–18 (HR 305). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–5, Republicans 6–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 18
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jun 2, 1860
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted no
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- 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
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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