Senate roll call 536 · 35th Congress · Feb 5, 1859
To agree to amendment as made in committee of the whole to H. R. 541, relating to railway on pennsylvania avenue so as to prohibit manufacture, issuance or circ
On Feb 5, 1859, the Senate voted 24–18 (HR 541). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–5, Republicans 2–11, Others 2–2. 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
- 24
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 5, 1859
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 5 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 11 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE voted no
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA voted no
- James Shields D-MN voted no
- Preston King R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MN
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Bell R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-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
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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