Senate roll call 599 · 35th Congress · Feb 22, 1859
To amend an amendment to H. R. 711, which amendment proposes to abolish branch mints at charlotte, north carolina and dahlonega, georgia, and as amended to also
On Feb 22, 1859, the Senate voted 10–33 (HR 711). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–15, Republicans 0–16, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 10
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 22, 1859
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 15 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 16 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Shields D-MN
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. 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
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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