Senate roll call 263 · 36th Congress · Jun 7, 1860
To amend amendment to the bill H.R. 305, which amendment proposes that the course of instruction for cadets now at west point military academy shall be that pre
On Jun 7, 1860, the Senate voted 15–33 (HR 305). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–25, Republicans 10–7, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 33
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jun 7, 1860
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 25 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- 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
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend amendment to the bill H.R. 305…: Senate Vote, Jun 7, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-263/to-amend-amendment-to-the-bill-h-r-305 (accessed 2026-10-17).