Senate roll call 91 · 36th Congress · Mar 12, 1860
On adoption of the resolution providing that MR. Hyatt be committed to the common jail of the district of columbia, until he is ready and willing to answer the
On Mar 12, 1860, the Senate voted 44–10. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–1, Republicans 12–9, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 44
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Mar 12, 1860
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 9 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Charles Sumner R-MA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- James Dixon R-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
Did not vote
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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