Senate roll call 229 · 35th Congress · May 11, 1858
To amend the Senate resolution relating to the extradition treaty between the United States and france, which amendment provides to strike out and insert certai
On May 11, 1858, the Senate voted 15–17. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–8, Republicans 5–9, Others 2–0. 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
- 15
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- May 11, 1858
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 8 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 9 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Preston King R-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- 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
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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