Senate roll call 306 · 36th Congress · Jun 14, 1860
On deciding the point of order raised by thomas bragg, whether the amendment was in order under the 30th rule, to the bill H.R. 339, which amendment, provides,
On Jun 14, 1860, the Senate voted 22–26 (HR 339). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–25, Republicans 20–0, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 26
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jun 14, 1860
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 25 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- John Hemphill D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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