Senate roll call 437 · 36th Congress · Jan 29, 1861
To amend H.R. 701 in order to have Congress nullify any acts of incorporation it disapproves of. (p. 616-3)
On Jan 29, 1861, the Senate voted 19–25 (HR 701). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–16, Democrats 12–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 19
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jan 29, 1861
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 9 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 16 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- William Henry Seward R-NY voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- 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
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Jacob Collamer 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
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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