Senate roll call 134 · 36th Congress · Mar 29, 1860
On adoption of the s. Resolution that the two houses of Congress adjourn on april 20th next, until may 20, next, 1860. (p. 1124-3)
On Mar 29, 1860, the Senate voted 12–29. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–17, Republicans 4–11, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 12
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 29, 1860
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 11 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- John Hemphill D-TX voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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