Senate roll call 138 · 36th Congress · Mar 31, 1860
To amend S. 201, relative to a railway above pennsylvania avenue and other streets in the cities of washington and georgetown in the district of columbia by eli
On Mar 31, 1860, the Senate voted 9–31 (S 201). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–20, Republicans 5–11, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 8 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
- 9
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 31, 1860
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 20 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 11 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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