Senate roll call 290 · 36th Congress · Jun 12, 1860
On concurring to the amendment, made as in committee of the whole to the bill H.R. 501, which amendment proposes to eliminate the appropriation of $60,000 for t
On Jun 12, 1860, the Senate voted 26–24 (HR 501). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–10, Republicans 4–14, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 26
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jun 12, 1860
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 14 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted no
- John Hemphill D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
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