Senate roll call 93 · 35th Congress · Mar 8, 1858
To adopt resolution that communications received the 4th instant from the postmaster general and the secretary of treasury, relating to the investigation of the
On Mar 8, 1858, the Senate voted 7–16. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–15, Republicans 3–1. 4 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
- 7
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Mar 8, 1858
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 15 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Samuel Houston O-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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