Senate roll call 336 · 36th Congress · Jun 20, 1860
To postpone further consideration of the bill H.R. 338, providing for the payment of outstanding treasury notes, to authorize a loan, and to fix duties on impor
On Jun 20, 1860, the Senate voted 14–27 (HR 338). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–13, Republicans 2–13, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 14
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jun 20, 1860
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 13 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 13 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted yes
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee 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
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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