Senate roll call 44 · 36th Congress · Feb 7, 1860
To amend H.R. 1, (app. 2-15-60), appropriating to defray deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the post office department for the fiscal year 18
On Feb 7, 1860, the Senate voted 17–30 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–11, Republicans 0–19, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 17
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 7, 1860
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 11 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 19 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 1, (app. 2-15-60)…: Senate Vote, Feb 7, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-44/to-amend-h-r-1-app-2-15-60 (accessed 2026-10-17).