Senate roll call 162 · 35th Congress · Apr 7, 1858
To amend resolution regarding printing obituary addresses and notices of deceased members of Senate, by providing that they be printed in pamphlet form, 10,000
On Apr 7, 1858, the Senate voted 16–26. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–12, Republicans 2–13, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 16
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Apr 7, 1858
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 12 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 13 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- William Henry Seward R-NY voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Did not vote
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- 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
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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