Senate roll call 111 · 36th Congress · Mar 16, 1860
To pass a Senate resolution that the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty of friendship and commerce between the U.S. And nicaragua. (TW
On Mar 16, 1860, the Senate voted 31–20. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–0, Republicans 1–20, 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
- 31
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 16, 1860
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 20 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- 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
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner 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
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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