Senate roll call 431 · 36th Congress · Jan 29, 1861
To amend pacific railroad bill, H.R. 701, in order to reduce from 60 million to 50 million dollars the amount of U.S. Bonds to be contributed towards building t
On Jan 29, 1861, the Senate voted 19–24 (HR 701). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–14, Republicans 11–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 19
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 29, 1861
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 14 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 10 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- William Henry Seward R-NY voted no
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- 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 Wilson Grimes R-IA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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