Senate roll call 581 · 35th Congress · Feb 19, 1859
To table resolution that on and after saturday next the hour of meeting of the Senate shall be twelve o'clock noon, of each day until otherwise ordered. (p.113
On Feb 19, 1859, the Senate voted 22–26. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–15, Republicans 4–10, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 22
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 19, 1859
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 15 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 10 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- James Shields D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- 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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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