Senate roll call 46 · 36th Congress · Feb 8, 1860
To amend the resolution to print extra copies of the reports of major delafield, U.S. Engineers, and major mordecai, U.S. Ordnance, for use of the war dept., ar
On Feb 8, 1860, the Senate voted 26–28. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–11, Republicans 7–17, Others 1–0. 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
- 26
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Feb 8, 1860
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 11 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 17 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- John Hemphill D-TX voted no
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- 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 Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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