Senate roll call 63 · 36th Congress · Feb 15, 1860
On adoption of a resolution authorizing the President to issue several warrants commanding the sergeant-at-arms to take into custody t.b. Sanborn, john brown,JR
On Feb 15, 1860, the Senate voted 46–4. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 31–1, Republicans 14–3, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 4 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
- 46
- No
- 4
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 15, 1860
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 1 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- John Parker Hale R-NH
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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