Senate roll call 99 · 36th Congress · Mar 14, 1860
To amend H.R.5, by denying the regiment of texas mounted volunteers entrance into the U.S. Service, except upon the opinion of the lieutenant general of the uni
On Mar 14, 1860, the Senate voted 12–33 (HR 5). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–27, Republicans 12–4, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 12
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 14, 1860
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 27 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Dixon 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
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- 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
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-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
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- 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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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