Senate roll call 532 · 35th Congress · Feb 3, 1859
To bring up for adoption a resolution to set apart saturday the 5th instant for consideration of bills relating to the district of columbia.
On Feb 3, 1859, the Senate voted 42–11. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–11, Republicans 16–0, Others 5–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 42
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 3, 1859
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI 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
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. 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
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
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