Senate roll call 380 · 36th Congress · Dec 21, 1860
To amend the bill S. 377, extending railroad connections at washington, which provides that after the acceptance of these privileges the company property in the
On Dec 21, 1860, the Senate voted 19–24 (S 377). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–23, Republicans 18–0, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 19
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Dec 21, 1860
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 23 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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