Senate roll call 474 · 36th Congress · Feb 15, 1861
To pass H.J.RES.62. (p. 921-1,922-2)
On Feb 15, 1861, the Senate voted 25–15 (HJR 62). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–13, Democrats 13–2, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 25
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 15, 1861
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 2 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 13 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- William Henry Seward R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted yes
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Rood Doolittle 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
- William McKendree Gwin 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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