Senate roll call 176 · 35th Congress · Apr 19, 1858
To amend the bill H. R. 306 (app. 5/4/1858), to supply deficiencies in the appropriation for the services of the year ending june 30, 1858, by striking out the
On Apr 19, 1858, the Senate voted 17–30 (HR 306). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–11, Republicans 2–16, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 17
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Apr 19, 1858
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 11 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 16 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- James Henry Hammond D-SC voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- William Wright D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- 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 King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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