Senate roll call 45 · 36th Congress · Feb 7, 1860
To amend H.R. 1, (app. 2-15-60), appropriating to defray deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the post office department for the fiscal year 18
On Feb 7, 1860, the Senate voted 24–32 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–31, Republicans 23–0, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 24
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Feb 7, 1860
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 31 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- 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
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 1, (app. 2-15-60)…: Senate Vote, Feb 7, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-45/to-amend-h-r-1-app-2-15-60 (accessed 2026-10-17).