Senate roll call 266 · 36th Congress · Jun 8, 1860
To reconsider vote on passage in order to reopen debate on h.j.r. 11, directing the mode of expenditure of the unexpended balance of appropriation for the repai
On Jun 8, 1860, the Senate voted 25–29 (HJR 11). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–28, Republicans 24–0, Others 1–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 36th Congress (1859–1860), James Buchanan was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jun 8, 1860
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 28 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- 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
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- 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 Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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