Senate roll call 422 · 35th Congress · Jun 14, 1858
To consent to the nomination of george n. Sanders, to be navy agent for the port of new york. (p.457, p.404)
On Jun 14, 1858, the Senate voted 33–10. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–10, Republicans 10–0, Others 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 33
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jun 14, 1858
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- James Dixon R-CT
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- James Shields D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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