Senate roll call 406 · 35th Congress · Jun 12, 1858
To adopt 2nd branch of amendment to H. R. 555, a bill to supply deficiencies in the indian department, so as to attach the witchita agency to the superintendenc
On Jun 12, 1858, the Senate voted 15–22 (HR 555). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–18, Republicans 6–4, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 22
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jun 12, 1858
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 18 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
- Solomon Foot R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
Did not vote
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- 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
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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