Senate roll call 29 · 36th Congress · Mar 9, 1859
On consenting to the nomination of robert cachran, to be collector of the customs for the district of presque isle in the state of pennsylvania.
On Mar 9, 1859, the Senate voted 9–33. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–20, Republicans 2–12, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 36th Congress (1859–1860), James Buchanan was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 9, 1859
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 20 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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