Senate roll call 66 · 36th Congress · Feb 15, 1860
To amend S. 35, a bill abolishing the franking privileges, by eliminating the provision that this act shall not apply to persons to whom the franking privilege
On Feb 15, 1860, the Senate voted 13–40 (S 35). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–29, Republicans 12–9, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 13
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 15, 1860
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 29 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 9 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN voted no
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- 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
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- 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
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 35, a bill abolishing the…: Senate Vote, Feb 15, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-66/to-amend-s-35-a-bill-abolishing-the-franking (accessed 2026-10-17).