Senate roll call 408 · 36th Congress · Jan 17, 1861
To amend H.R. 701 by providing for a road from lake superior to the central route. (p. 426-2)
On Jan 17, 1861, the Senate voted 12–32 (HR 701). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–19, Democrats 8–13, Others 1–0. 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
- 32
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jan 17, 1861
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 13 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 19 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted yes
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Charles Durkee R-WI
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
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
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
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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