Senate roll call 381 · 35th Congress · Jun 10, 1858
To amend H. R. 556 (11 stat. 366, app. 6/11/1858), a bill to make appropriations for the post office dept. For the years ending june 30, 1859, by inserting prov
On Jun 10, 1858, the Senate voted 32–14 (HR 556). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–6, Republicans 7–6, Others 3–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 32
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jun 10, 1858
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted no
- James Dixon R-CT voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Preston King R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- 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
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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