Senate roll call 569 · 36th Congress · Feb 27, 1861
To amend H.R. 899, by providing that the pay allowances and emoluments of any army officer, except the lieutenant general shall not exceed $5,000 per annum. (p
On Feb 27, 1861, the Senate voted 16–28 (HR 899). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–18, Democrats 9–8, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 28
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 27, 1861
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 8 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 18 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- John Hemphill D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Daniel Clark 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
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Hemphill D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- 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
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- 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
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
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