Senate roll call 565 · 35th Congress · Feb 14, 1859
To pass H. R. 245, a bill to compensate a. Baudouin and a. D. Robert for damages due to sinking of a flat boat of ice at new orleans, by a steamboat in the serv
On Feb 14, 1859, the Senate voted 25–10 (HR 245). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–7, Republicans 7–3, Others 1–0. 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
- 25
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 14, 1859
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 7 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- 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 Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- 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
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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