Senate roll call 384 · 36th Congress · Dec 31, 1860
To adjourn during debate on the bill, S.J.RES. 48, proposing amendments to the constitution of the U.S. (p. 217-3)
On Dec 31, 1860, the Senate voted 13–32. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–13, Republicans 0–18, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 13
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Dec 31, 1860
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 13 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 18 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted yes
- William Bigler D-PA voted yes
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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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