Senate roll call 346 · 35th Congress · Jun 7, 1858
To adjourn.
On Jun 7, 1858, the Senate voted 17–31. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–20, Republicans 4–9, Others 2–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 17
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jun 7, 1858
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 20 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 9 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- William Bigler D-PA voted yes
- James Henry Hammond D-SC voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MN
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne 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
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.