Senate roll call 198 · 36th Congress · May 24, 1860
To amend S. 464, (app. 6-16-60), amending an act in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade, by providing clothing and shelter for the slaves exported
On May 24, 1860, the Senate voted 25–17 (S 464). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 6–16, Republicans 18–0, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 25
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- May 24, 1860
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 16 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- William Bigler D-PA voted yes
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted yes
- John Hemphill D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
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
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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