Senate roll call 315 · 36th Congress · Jun 16, 1860
To amend in nature of a substitute for the H.J.RES. 22 (app. 6-23-60,12 stat. L. 117), relative to the public printing; which substitute provides that all publi
On Jun 16, 1860, the Senate voted 18–29 (HJR 22). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–18, Republicans 10–10, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 18
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jun 16, 1860
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 18 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 10 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted no
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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