Senate roll call 446 · 36th Congress · Feb 2, 1861
To amend the indian appropriation bill for the year ending june 30, 1862 H.R. 865, (app. 3-2-61), in order to appropriate $1,202,560.85 for the fulfillment of t
On Feb 2, 1861, the Senate voted 17–27 (HR 865). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–8, Republicans 2–19, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 27
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 2, 1861
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 8 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 19 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- 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
- 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
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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