Senate roll call 309 · 35th Congress · Jun 1, 1858
To amend H. R. 200 so as to provide appropriation to complete the improvement of the channel over the ST. Clair flats, in the state of michigan.
On Jun 1, 1858, the Senate voted 20–20 (HR 200). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–19, Republicans 12–0, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 20
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jun 1, 1858
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 19 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH 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
- Jesse David Bright 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
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- John Bell O-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Asa Biggs 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
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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