Senate roll call 69 · 36th Congress · Feb 20, 1860
On adoption of H.J.RES. 8, (app. 2-24-60), appropriating $10,000 for transporting and placing mills' statue of washington on the pedestal designated by the prop
On Feb 20, 1860, the Senate voted 38–13 (HJR 8). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–6, Republicans 12–7, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 38
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Feb 20, 1860
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 6 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “On adoption of H.J.RES. 8, (app. 2-24-60)…: Senate Vote, Feb 20, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-69/on-adoption-of-h-j-res-8-app-2 (accessed 2026-10-17).