Senate roll call 363 · 36th Congress · Jun 26, 1860
To amend the treaty of peace, commerce and navigation between the U.S. And bolivia by eliminating from article 14 the provision requiring the bodies of citizens
On Jun 26, 1860, the Senate voted 34–5. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–5, Republicans 17–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 5 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
- 34
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jun 26, 1860
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
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