Senate roll call 213 · 35th Congress · Apr 30, 1858
To adjourn until monday next upon adjournment today.
On Apr 30, 1858, the Senate voted 21–30. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–21, Republicans 9–8, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 21
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Apr 30, 1858
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 21 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 8 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- James Henry Hammond D-SC voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Jacob Collamer R-VT voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Bell R-NH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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