Senate roll call 419 · 36th Congress · Jan 19, 1861
To adjourn until monday made during debate on the bill H.R. 23. (p. 476-1)
On Jan 19, 1861, the Senate voted 21–28. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–24, Democrats 19–4, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 21
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jan 19, 1861
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 4 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 24 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
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
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- 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
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- 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
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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