Senate roll call 221 · 36th Congress · May 26, 1860
To amend H.R. 215 (app. 6-19-60), appropriating for the current and contingent expenses of the indian dept. And for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various
On May 26, 1860, the Senate voted 15–28 (HR 215). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–11, Republicans 2–17, Others 1–0. 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
- 15
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 26, 1860
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 17 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 215 (app. 6-19-60)…: Senate Vote, May 26, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-221/to-amend-h-r-215-app-6-19-60 (accessed 2026-10-17).