Editing Crittenden–Johnson Resolution (section)

==Senate action==

On July 25, 1861, the Senate rejected the two branch division, and passed the entire resolution 30–5.<ref name=Senate-Journal/>  The five senators voting against the resolution were: [[John C. Breckinridge]] (Kentucky), [[Waldo P. Johnson]] (Missouri), [[Trusten Polk]] (Missouri), [[Lazarus W. Powell]] (Kentucky), and [[Lyman Trumbull]] (Illinois). Breckinridge, Johnson, and Polk were expelled from the Senate at the next session of the 37th Congress for supporting the Confederate rebellion.<ref name=Senate-hist>{{cite web|title=Briefing on Expulsion and Censure|publisher=United States Senate|url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Expulsion_Censure.htm}}</ref> A motion was brought to expel Powell, but was defeated, in part due to a defense given by Illinois Senator Trumbull.<ref name=Senate-Powell>{{cite web|title=The Expulsion Case of Lazarus W. Powell of Kentucky (1862)|publisher=United States Senate|url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/expulsion_cases/042LazarusPowell_expulsion.htm}}</ref>