Senate roll call 157 · 36th Congress · Apr 13, 1860
On passage of S. 118 (app. 6-16-60), granting the claim of david myerle for services rendered the people of kentucky showing them how to manage and handle their
On Apr 13, 1860, the Senate voted 24–16 (S 118). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–12, Republicans 14–3, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 24
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Apr 13, 1860
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 12 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted yes
- John Hemphill D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Preston King R-NY
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- 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
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “On passage of S. 118 (app. 6-16-60)…: Senate Vote, Apr 13, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-157/on-passage-of-s-118-app-6-16-60 (accessed 2026-10-17).