Senate roll call 558 · 36th Congress · Feb 26, 1861
To amend amendment to H.R. 899, by giving those who have participated in indian wars, the benefit of the bounty land law and extending its provisions. (p. 1215
On Feb 26, 1861, the Senate voted 14–29 (HR 899). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–23, Democrats 13–4, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 14
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 26, 1861
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 4 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 23 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-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 Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-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
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot 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
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend amendment to H.R. 899, by giving…: Senate Vote, Feb 26, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-558/to-amend-amendment-to-h-r-899-by-giving (accessed 2026-10-17).