Senate roll call 450 · 36th Congress · Feb 8, 1861
To suspend consideration of private calendar, in order to continue with H.J.RES. 71, extending the time for taking testimony on the application of MC cormick fo
On Feb 8, 1861, the Senate voted 26–16 (HJR 71). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–0, Democrats 5–15, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 26
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 8, 1861
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 15 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- William Bigler D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- 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
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Jacob Collamer 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
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall 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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