Senate roll call 164 · 36th Congress · Apr 18, 1860
On passage of a resolution adjourning Congress on thursday next, to meet again on monday next, and when it adjourns on that day, it meet on the following thursd
On Apr 18, 1860, the Senate voted 26–22. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–11, Republicans 11–10, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 26
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Apr 18, 1860
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 11 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 10 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC voted no
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- John Hemphill D-TX voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- 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
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Did not vote
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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