Senate roll call 331 · 36th Congress · Jun 20, 1860
To postpone the unfinished business which is bill H.R. 503, (app. 6-25-60), appropriating for the service of the post office department for the year ending june
On Jun 20, 1860, the Senate voted 33–17 (HR 503). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–17, Republicans 21–0, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 33
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jun 20, 1860
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 17 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted yes
- William Bigler D-PA voted yes
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan 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
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- 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
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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