Senate roll call 362 · 35th Congress · Jun 8, 1858
To amend H. R. 243, by making appropriation to complete connecting sections in road extending from albuquerque, in the new mexico territory westward on the rout
On Jun 8, 1858, the Senate voted 23–17 (HR 243). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–12, Republicans 7–3, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 23
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jun 8, 1858
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 12 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted no
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Shields D-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler 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
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
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