Senate roll call 80 · 35th Congress · Feb 19, 1858
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 99 (app. 5/29/1858), a bill to amend the "act to incorporate the columbia institution for the instruction of the de
On Feb 19, 1858, the Senate voted 27–10 (S 99). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–9, Republicans 13–1, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 27
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 19, 1858
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 9 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- 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
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- 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
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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