To table a resolution proposing that the committee on military affairs have a clerk to be paid the same annual compensation as the clerk of the committees on fi

On Jun 23, 1860, the Senate voted 14–21. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–16, Republicans 8–5, Others 1–0. 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: 14
No: 21
Did not vote: 35
Date: Jun 23, 1860

By party

Democrats5 yes · 16 no · 20 didn’t vote
Republicans8 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
Charles Durkee R-WI voted no

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 a resolution proposing that the…: Senate Vote, Jun 23, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-352/to-table-a-resolution-proposing-that-the-committee-on (accessed 2026-10-15).