Senate roll call 578 · 36th Congress · Mar 1, 1861
To amend h.j.r. 59, (app. 3-2-61), joint resolution authorizing captain paulding to receive a sword and a grant of land awarded to him by the republic of nicara
On Mar 1, 1861, the Senate voted 25–16 (HJR 59). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–12, Democrats 15–3, Others 0–1. 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
- 16
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 1, 1861
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 3 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 12 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- William Henry Seward R-NY voted yes
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Solomon Foot 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
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- 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
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend h.j.r. 59, (app. 3-2-61), joint…: Senate Vote, Mar 1, 1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-578/to-amend-h-j-r-59-app-3-2 (accessed 2026-10-17).