Senate roll call 615 · 35th Congress · Feb 24, 1859
To amend amendment to H. R. 874, by striking from 11th section of proposed amendment the provision that no further allowances shall be made to any postmaster ex
On Feb 24, 1859, the Senate voted 13–22 (HR 874). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–8, Republicans 0–13, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 13
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 24, 1859
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 8 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA voted no
- James Shields D-MN voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Matthias Ward D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- 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
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- 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
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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