Senate roll call 64 · 36th Congress · Feb 15, 1860
That the Senate recede from its sixth amendment, disagreed to by the house to H.R.1, which amendment provides that from and after april 10, next the franking PR
On Feb 15, 1860, the Senate voted 42–11 (HR 1). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–11, Republicans 23–0, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 42
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 15, 1860
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 11 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted no
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- 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
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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