Senate roll call 30 · 35th Congress · Dec 10, 1857
To adjourn and thereby to postpone action on the appointment of james w. Denver as secretary of the territory of kansas. (p.262, p.261)
On Dec 10, 1857, the Senate voted 22–28. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–25, Republicans 20–0, Others 1–3. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 22
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Dec 10, 1857
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 25 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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