Senate roll call 399 · 36th Congress · Jan 15, 1861
To amend H.R. 701, by providing that certain persons and associates shall not become vested with grant, right of interest etc., within the jurisdiction of this
On Jan 15, 1861, the Senate voted 31–15 (HR 701). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–3, Republicans 9–12, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 31
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jan 15, 1861
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 3 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 12 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX voted no
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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