Senate roll call 1 · 35th Congress · Mar 5, 1857
To amend resolution relating to report of special committee in regard to standing committees and their clerks by striking-out from the clause specifying the com
On Mar 5, 1857, the Senate voted 24–26. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–10, Republicans 2–14, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 24
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 5, 1857
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 10 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 14 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA voted no
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- 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
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- 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
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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