Senate roll call 591 · 36th Congress · Mar 2, 1861
To amend H.J.RES. 80, to perfect the text by striking out "authorizing" in order to express the proposal in better english. (p. 1364-3)
On Mar 2, 1861, the Senate voted 17–20 (SJR 80). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–8, Republicans 6–11, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 17
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 2, 1861
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 8 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 11 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- 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
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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