Senate roll call 273 · 36th Congress · Jun 9, 1860
To amend amendment to the bill H.R. 305 (app. 6-21-60), appropriating for the support of the army for the year 1861, which amendment, provides that all the stat
On Jun 9, 1860, the Senate voted 11–28 (HR 305). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–19, Republicans 6–8, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 11
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jun 9, 1860
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 19 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 8 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- John Hemphill D-TX voted yes
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- 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
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
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 9, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-273/to-amend-amendment-to-the-bill-h-r-305 (accessed 2026-10-17).