Senate roll call 503 · 36th Congress · Feb 20, 1861
To reconsider vote by which amendment to H.R. 338, was concurred in, in order to reopen discussion on same to reduce the duty from 15% to 10% on imported books
On Feb 20, 1861, the Senate voted 12–24 (HR 338). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–15, Democrats 4–9, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 12
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 20, 1861
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 9 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 15 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- William Henry Seward R-NY voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. 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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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