Senate roll call 281 · 36th Congress · Jun 11, 1860
To amend an amendment to the bill H.R. 501, which amendment proposes an appropriation of $45,000 expended under direction of the commissioners of public buildin
On Jun 11, 1860, the Senate voted 11–27 (HR 501). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–17, Republicans 7–9, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 11
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jun 11, 1860
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 17 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend an amendment to the bill H.R. 501…: Senate Vote, Jun 11, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-281/to-amend-an-amendment-to-the-bill-h-r (accessed 2026-10-17).