Senate roll call 211 · 35th Congress · Apr 29, 1858
To recede from Senate's amendments to H.R. 306. (p. 1868)
On Apr 29, 1858, the Senate voted 18–22 (HR 306). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–9, Republicans 1–13, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 18
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Apr 29, 1858
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 9 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 13 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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