Senate roll call 168 · 36th Congress · May 8, 1860
On adoption of S.J.RES. 35, (app. 6-15-60), directing the superintendent of the coast survey to furnish a vessel for observing the eclipse of the sun on july 18
On May 8, 1860, the Senate voted 27–13 (SJR 35). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–10, Republicans 16–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 27
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 8, 1860
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 10 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
Did not vote
- 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
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “On adoption of S.J.RES. 35, (app. 6-15-60)…: Senate Vote, May 8, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-168/on-adoption-of-s-j-res-35-app-6 (accessed 2026-10-17).