Senate roll call 274 · 36th Congress · Jun 9, 1860
On agreeing to the amendment to the bill H.R. 305, which amendment provides, that all states which have had, or shall have had, refunded to them by the U.S. Mon
On Jun 9, 1860, the Senate voted 22–29 (HR 305). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–14, Republicans 9–14, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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
- 22
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jun 9, 1860
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 14 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- William Bigler D-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC voted yes
- James Henry Hammond D-SC voted yes
- John Hemphill D-TX voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis 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
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- 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
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
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