Senate roll call 643 · 35th Congress · Feb 28, 1859
To agree to amended amendment to H. R. 872, a bill to make appropriations for the post office department for the year ending june 30, 1860, so as to strike out
On Feb 28, 1859, the Senate voted 22–26 (HR 872). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–9, Republicans 1–15, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 22
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 28, 1859
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 9 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 15 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory 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
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Shields D-MN
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- 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
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to amended amendment to H. R. 872…: Senate Vote, Feb 28, 1859,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/35-S-643/to-agree-to-amended-amendment-to-h-r-872 (accessed 2026-10-17).