Senate roll call 11 · 35th Congress · Mar 12, 1857
To ratify the convention between the United States and the republic of peru relative to the rights of neutrals at sea concluded at lenia july 22, 1856.
On Mar 12, 1857, the Senate voted 33–2. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–2, Republicans 11–0, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 35th Congress (1857–1858), James Buchanan was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 33
- No
- 2
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 12, 1857
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 2 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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