Senate roll call 42 · 36th Congress · Feb 6, 1860
To adjourn, for purpose of delaying further action at this time on S. 37, appropriating for deepening the channel over the ST. Clair flats in michigan. (p. 681
On Feb 6, 1860, the Senate voted 22–8. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–3, Republicans 0–5, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 22
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Feb 6, 1860
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 3 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 5 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- 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
- James Harlan R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-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
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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