Senate roll call 650 · 35th Congress · Mar 1, 1859
To amend H. R. 872, so as to provide for 6 year's mail service from ST. Paul, minnesota and the head of lake superior in wisconsin to seattle in the territory o
On Mar 1, 1859, the Senate voted 14–15 (HR 872). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–12, Republicans 5–2, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 14
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Mar 1, 1859
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 12 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 2 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted yes
- James Shields D-MN voted yes
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Matthias Ward D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- 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
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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