Senate roll call 335 · 36th Congress · Jun 20, 1860
That the Senate disagree to the house amendment relating to postal routes on steamers between charleston and key west and contracts thereto, to the bill H.R. 50
On Jun 20, 1860, the Senate voted 23–20 (HR 503). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–3, Republicans 0–17, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 23
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jun 20, 1860
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 3 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- John Hemphill D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- 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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- 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
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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