Senate roll call 172 · 35th Congress · Apr 16, 1858
To adjourn until monday next upon adjournment today. (JP.352)
On Apr 16, 1858, the Senate voted 19–25. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–19, Republicans 7–6, Others 4–0. 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
- 19
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Apr 16, 1858
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 19 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- Daniel Clark R-NH voted no
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted no
- James Henry Hammond D-SC voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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