Senate roll call 235 · 36th Congress · Jun 1, 1860
To amend H.R. 503, (app. 6-25-60), by permitting the postmaster general to retain all his existing powers and the right to curtail any mail service including TH
On Jun 1, 1860, the Senate voted 17–28 (HR 503). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–20, Republicans 11–8, 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
- 17
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jun 1, 1860
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 20 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 8 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
- William Henry Seward R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- John Hemphill D-TX voted yes
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted no
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- 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
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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