Senate roll call 289 · 36th Congress · Jun 12, 1860
On concurring to amendment, made as in committee of the whole to the bill H.R. 501, which amendment would modify the contract with gales and seaton so as to req
On Jun 12, 1860, the Senate voted 28–18 (HR 501). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–12, Republicans 12–5, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 28
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jun 12, 1860
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 12 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 5 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “On concurring to amendment, made as in…: Senate Vote, Jun 12, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-289/on-concurring-to-amendment-made-as-in-committee-of (accessed 2026-10-16).