Senate roll call 520 · 35th Congress · Feb 2, 1859
To consent to the appointment of emery d. Potter to be collector of customs for the district of miami in place of dennis coghlin resigned, his commission having
On Feb 2, 1859, the Senate voted 10–18. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–15, Republicans 4–3, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 10
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Feb 2, 1859
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 15 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- James Shields D-MN voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted yes
- William Henry Seward R-NY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Harlan R-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MN
- William Wright D-NJ
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Bell R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- 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
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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