Senate roll call 444 · 36th Congress · Feb 1, 1861
To amend motion to bring up at 2 o'clock tomorrow indian appropriation bill H.R. 865, (12 stat 221, app. 3-2-61), in order to change time to one o'clock. (p. 6
On Feb 1, 1861, the Senate voted 7–34 (HR 865). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–22, Democrats 7–11, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 7 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
- 7
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 1, 1861
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 11 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 22 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- 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
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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