Senate roll call 404 · 35th Congress · Jun 12, 1858
To agree to house amendment the Senate amendment to H. R. 199 the naval appropriation bill, so as to appropriate for ten instead of five steam screw sloops of w
On Jun 12, 1858, the Senate voted 26–30 (HR 199). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 22–12, Republicans 1–17, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 26
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jun 12, 1858
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 17 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Shields D-MN
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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