Senate roll call 103 · 36th Congress · Mar 15, 1860
To retain in the treaty of friendships and commerce between the U.S., and nicaragua, signed at manugua on march 16, '59 the provision permitting the U.S., to US
On Mar 15, 1860, the Senate voted 26–21. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–1, Republicans 0–20, Others 2–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 26
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 15, 1860
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 1 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- 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 Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- 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
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To retain in the treaty of friendships and…: Senate Vote, Mar 15, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-103/to-retain-in-the-treaty-of-friendships-and-commerce (accessed 2026-10-17).