Senate roll call 308 · 36th Congress · Jun 15, 1860
To proceed to the consideration of the bill, H.R. 496, concerning conflict between the SGT of arms of the Senate and the SGT. Of arms of house of representative
On Jun 15, 1860, the Senate voted 22–25 (HR 496). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–3, Republicans 0–22, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 22
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jun 15, 1860
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 3 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 22 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- 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
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- 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
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- 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
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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