Senate roll call 343 · 36th Congress · Jun 22, 1860
That the Senate agree to house amendment to first Senate amendment directing proposals to be issued for carrying the mail in steamers from charleston to key wes
On Jun 22, 1860, the Senate voted 24–15 (HR 503). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–15, Republicans 14–0, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 24
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jun 22, 1860
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC voted yes
- James Henry Hammond D-SC voted yes
- John Hemphill D-TX voted yes
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
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