Senate roll call 104 · 36th Congress · Mar 15, 1860
To retain the provision in the 16th article of the treaty of friendship between the U.S. And nicaragua, which provision permits the U.S., to use force in nicara
On Mar 15, 1860, the Senate voted 28–18. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–0, Republicans 1–18, 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
- 28
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 15, 1860
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 18 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson 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
- Trusten Polk 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
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- 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
- 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
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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