Senate roll call 501 · 35th Congress · Jan 27, 1859
To amend S. 65, so as to provide that nothing in this act shall withhold the lands set apart and appropriated hereby for railroad purposes from settlement and p
On Jan 27, 1859, the Senate voted 38–12 (S 65). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–11, Republicans 17–0, Others 3–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 38
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jan 27, 1859
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- James Henry Hammond D-SC voted no
- Matthias Ward D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Bell R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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