Senate roll call 388 · 35th Congress · Jun 10, 1858
To amend H. R. 556 by fixing rate of postage at 5 cents for any distance under 3000 miles and 10 cents for any distance over 3000 miles, effective after june 30
On Jun 10, 1858, the Senate voted 19–15 (HR 556). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–6, Republicans 0–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 19
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Jun 10, 1858
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 6 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 9 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Trusten Polk 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
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Shields D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- 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
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason 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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