Senate roll call 427 · 36th Congress · Jan 24, 1861
To postpone consideration of the bill H.R. 701, for the purpose of taking up the resolution, S.J.RES. 50, relating to the abolition of slavery through constitut
On Jan 24, 1861, the Senate voted 20–26 (HR 701). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–24, Democrats 18–2, Others 2–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 20
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jan 24, 1861
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 2 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 24 no · 3 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
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- 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
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- 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
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To postpone consideration of the bill H.R…: Senate Vote, Jan 24, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-427/to-postpone-consideration-of-the-bill-h-r-701 (accessed 2026-10-17).