Senate roll call 246 · 35th Congress · May 14, 1858
To amend S. 103 (app. 6/2/1858), a bill providing for the relief of siman de visser and jose villarubia, of new orleans, by adding a provision that nothing in t
On May 14, 1858, the Senate voted 25–9 (S 103). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–8, Republicans 11–0, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 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
- 25
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- May 14, 1858
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 8 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- 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
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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