Senate roll call 327 · 36th Congress · Jun 19, 1860
To amend H.R. 304, by striking out section 2, which authorizes the postmaster general to agree with the contractors on route 12578, from ST. Louis to san franci
On Jun 19, 1860, the Senate voted 17–23 (HR 304). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–10, Republicans 5–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 17
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jun 19, 1860
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 13 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- 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
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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