Senate roll call 637 · 35th Congress · Feb 26, 1859
To amend H. R. 667, by addition of a statement to repeal 8th section of army appropriations act app. March 3, 1855, which section provides for addition of two r
On Feb 26, 1859, the Senate voted 12–29 (HR 667). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–24, Republicans 6–2, Others 0–3. 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
- 12
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 26, 1859
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 24 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- 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
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Samuel Houston O-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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