Senate roll call 228 · 36th Congress · May 31, 1860
On deciding whether to retain in the treaty of transits and commerce between the U.S. And mexico, that part of the 8th article which schedules the products of e
On May 31, 1860, the Senate voted 20–26. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–23, Republicans 17–3. 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
- 20
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 31, 1860
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 23 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted no
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- John Hemphill D-TX voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Hemphill D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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