Senate roll call 398 · 36th Congress · Jan 15, 1861
To postpone indefinitely the bill H.R. 701. (p. 381-1)
On Jan 15, 1861, the Senate voted 12–38 (HR 701). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–25, Democrats 11–12, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 12
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 15, 1861
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 12 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 25 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted yes
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-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
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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