Senate roll call 256 · 36th Congress · Jun 6, 1860
To amend S. 307, by providing that Congress refuse to confirm to the claimants lands embraced in certificates #125 127 and 133, to william conway, daniel clark
On Jun 6, 1860, the Senate voted 27–18 (S 307). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 7–17, Republicans 20–1, Others 1–1. 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
- 27
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jun 6, 1860
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 17 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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