Senate roll call 567 · 35th Congress · Feb 14, 1859
To amend an amendment to resolution from committee on the judiciary relating to the indiana contested election, so as to affirm right of graham n. Fitch and jes
On Feb 14, 1859, the Senate voted 30–16. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–3, Republicans 0–13, Others 2–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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
- 30
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 14, 1859
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 3 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- 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
- John Bell O-TN
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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