Senate roll call 249 · 36th Congress · Jun 5, 1860
To amend H.R. 305, by providing that the professors now at the militaty academy who have been appointed from the engineers corp be restored to their former corp
On Jun 5, 1860, the Senate voted 19–35 (HR 305). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–12, Republicans 1–23, 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
- 19
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Jun 5, 1860
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 23 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- William Henry Seward R-NY voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA 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
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- 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
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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