Senate roll call 96 · 36th Congress · Mar 13, 1860
To amend S. 53, by forbidding any U.S. Officer from acting as agent or attorney for any person having a claim against this government. (p. 1129-1)
On Mar 13, 1860, the Senate voted 40–6 (S 53). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–5, Republicans 19–0, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 40
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 13, 1860
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 5 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC voted no
- James Henry Hammond D-SC voted no
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- 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
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 53, by forbidding any U.S…: Senate Vote, Mar 13, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-96/to-amend-s-53-by-forbidding-any-u-s (accessed 2026-10-17).