Senate roll call 106 · 36th Congress · Mar 15, 1860
On passage of S. 86, amending the existing laws relative to the compensation of the district attorneys, marshalls and clerks of the circuit and district courts
On Mar 15, 1860, the Senate voted 25–18 (S 86). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–3, Republicans 3–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 25
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 15, 1860
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 3 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham 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
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “On passage of S. 86, amending the existing…: Senate Vote, Mar 15, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-106/on-passage-of-s-86-amending-the-existing-laws (accessed 2026-10-17).