Senate roll call 293 · 35th Congress · May 29, 1858
To amend amendment to H. R. 200, by making an insertion to direct the secretary of the treasury to have buildings constructed for custom house and post office p
On May 29, 1858, the Senate voted 13–29 (HR 200). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–27, Republicans 11–0, Others 1–2. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 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
- 13
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 29, 1858
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 27 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- John Bell O-TN
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- James Shields D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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