Senate roll call 94 · 36th Congress · Mar 13, 1860
To amend S. 53, by providing that if a private claim shall exceed the sum of $20,000, it shall not be payable, until Congress shall make a special appropriation
On Mar 13, 1860, the Senate voted 18–31 (S 53). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–23, Republicans 13–7, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 18
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Mar 13, 1860
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 23 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 7 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- 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
- John Hemphill D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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