To table H.R. 714 (app. 2-27-61,12 stat l 151), establishing certain post routes. (p. 3242-2)

On Jun 22, 1860, the Senate voted 12–29 (HR 714). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–14, Republicans 3–15, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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: 12
No: 29
Did not vote: 29
Date: Jun 22, 1860

By party

Democrats8 yes · 14 no · 19 didn’t vote
Republicans3 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted yes
Thomas Bragg D-NC voted yes
Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
Preston King R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
James Chesnut Jr. D-SC voted yes
James Henry Hammond D-SC voted yes
Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted yes
James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To table H.R. 714 (app. 2-27-61,12 stat l…: Senate Vote, Jun 22, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-342/to-table-h-r-714-app-2-27-61 (accessed 2026-10-16).