Senate roll call 130 · 36th Congress · Mar 27, 1860
To amend S. 299, by making no appointment to fill any vacancies for chaplains until numbers be reduced to 15. (p. 1376-1)
On Mar 27, 1860, the Senate voted 15–23 (S 299). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–10, Republicans 0–12, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 15
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 27, 1860
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 10 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC voted no
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- 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
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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