Senate roll call 162 · 36th Congress · Apr 17, 1860
On passage of a resolution adjourning Congress on thursday, april 19th, at two o'clock to tuesday, may 22nd next. (p. 1748-3)
On Apr 17, 1860, the Senate voted 20–31. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–15, Republicans 8–15, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 20
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Apr 17, 1860
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 15 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 15 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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