Senate roll call 568 · 36th Congress · Feb 27, 1861
To amend amendment to H.R. 899, by striking out "except the lieutenant general," so that the pay allowances or emolument of any officer in the army shall not ex
On Feb 27, 1861, the Senate voted 9–31 (HR 899). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–23, Democrats 8–6, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 9
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 27, 1861
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 6 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 23 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- John Hemphill D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- 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 Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- 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
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- 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
- Milton Slocum Latham 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
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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