Senate roll call 13 · 35th Congress · Mar 12, 1857
To pass resolution that words proposed to be inserted in lieu of words stricken out stand as part of 2nd article of the treaty between the U.S. And great brita
On Mar 12, 1857, the Senate voted 38–1. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–0, Republicans 12–1, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 1 member 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
- 38
- No
- 1
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Mar 12, 1857
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 0 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright 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
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- 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
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- 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
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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