Senate roll call 284 · 35th Congress · May 27, 1858
To amend an amendment to S. 343, so as to appropriate various sums of money, to be exppended under the direction of the secretary of war, for repairing harbors
On May 27, 1858, the Senate voted 24–26 (S 343). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–8, Republicans 0–15, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- May 27, 1858
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 15 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- James Shields D-MN voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- 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
- James Shields D-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Bell R-NH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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