Senate roll call 373 · 36th Congress · Jun 28, 1860
To go into executive session made during debate on the resolution concerning the printing of pacific railroad reports.
On Jun 28, 1860, the Senate voted 34–0. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–0, Republicans 8–0, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes.
During the 36th Congress (1859–1860), James Buchanan was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jun 28, 1860
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 0 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- 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
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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