To reconsider the vote by which the Senate rejected the resolution distributing 10,000 copies of majors mordecai and delafields' report to the war dept.

On Feb 8, 1860, the Senate voted 24–32. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–10, Republicans 2–21, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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: 24
No: 32
Did not vote: 14
Date: Feb 8, 1860

By party

Democrats21 yes · 10 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans2 yes · 21 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
James Henry Hammond D-SC voted no
Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted no
Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To reconsider the vote by which the Senate…: Senate Vote, Feb 8, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-48/to-reconsider-the-vote-by-which-the-senate-rejected (accessed 2026-10-17).