Senate roll call 523 · 36th Congress · Feb 22, 1861
To amend H.R. 895, by appropriating for payment of a special sewerage tax on custom house property in cleveland, ohio, and for the cost of improving the street
On Feb 22, 1861, the Senate voted 16–30 (HR 895). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–14, Democrats 6–15, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 16
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 22, 1861
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 15 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 14 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- John Hemphill D-TX voted yes
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX 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
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- 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
- James Rood Doolittle 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
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- 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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