Senate roll call 354 · 36th Congress · Jun 23, 1860
On concurring in house amendment to the first Senate amendment which directs proposals to be issued for carrying the mail in steamers from charleston to key wes
On Jun 23, 1860, the Senate voted 18–21 (HR 503). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–20, Republicans 15–0, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 18
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jun 23, 1860
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 20 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- John Hemphill D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- 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
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. 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
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
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
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs 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
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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