Senate roll call 224 · 36th Congress · May 30, 1860
To postpone the unfinished business of yesterday in order to continue consideration of H.R.304, regarding the transportation of mail between the atlantic and pa
On May 30, 1860, the Senate voted 27–22 (HR 304). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–8, Republicans 6–13, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 22
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- May 30, 1860
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- William Henry Seward R-NY voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Preston King R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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