Senate roll call 547 · 36th Congress · Feb 25, 1861
To determine whether Senate will receive an amendment to H.R. 895, proposing an appropriation of $57,350,10, to certain individuals for the purpose of securing
On Feb 25, 1861, the Senate voted 16–23 (HR 895). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–11, Democrats 3–11, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 16
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 25, 1861
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 11 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 11 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- John Hemphill D-TX voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- 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
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- 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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