Senate roll call 309 · 36th Congress · Jun 15, 1860
To postpone the private calendar, and proceed to the consideration of the bill H.R. 338, providing for the payment of outstanding treasury notes, to authorize a
On Jun 15, 1860, the Senate voted 43–13 (HR 338). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–13, Republicans 24–0, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 43
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jun 15, 1860
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC voted no
- James Henry Hammond D-SC voted no
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- John Hemphill D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- 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
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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