Senate roll call 435 · 36th Congress · Jan 29, 1861
To amend H.R. 701, by eliminating the provision that bonds or mortgages of railroads held by U.S. Government shall be liquidated by mail or other services to be
On Jan 29, 1861, the Senate voted 9–35 (HR 701). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–22, Democrats 8–13, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 8 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
- 9
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jan 29, 1861
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 13 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 22 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- 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
- 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
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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