Senate roll call 554 · 35th Congress · Feb 8, 1859
To consent to the nomination of emery d. Potter as collector of customs for the district of miami, ohio, in place of dennis coghlin, resigned, his commission ha
On Feb 8, 1859, the Senate voted 17–18. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–11, Republicans 7–6, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 17
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 8, 1859
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 11 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- James Shields D-MN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- William Henry Seward R-NY voted no
- Delazon Smith D-OR voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted yes
- William Bigler D-PA voted yes
- Matthias Ward D-TX voted yes
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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