Senate roll call 334 · 36th Congress · Jun 20, 1860
To amend amendment to H.R. 503 by striking out clause which requires paying contractors for services performed on curtailed routes. (p. 3193-3)
On Jun 20, 1860, the Senate voted 17–27 (HR 503). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–9, Republicans 0–18, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 17
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jun 20, 1860
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 18 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC voted no
- James Henry Hammond D-SC voted no
- John Hemphill D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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