Senate roll call 489 · 35th Congress · Jan 21, 1859
To adjourn until monday next upon adjournment today. (p.515)
On Jan 21, 1859, the Senate voted 24–22. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–11, Republicans 8–9, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 22
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 21, 1859
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 11 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Dixon R-CT voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted yes
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN voted no
- James Shields D-MN voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- John Parker Hale R-NH voted yes
- William Henry Seward R-NY voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted no
- Charles Durkee R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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