Senate roll call 585 · 35th Congress · Feb 19, 1859
To amend H. R. 666, so as to eliminate austria and prussia from list of countries to whom the U.S. Will send ministers plenipotentiary.
On Feb 19, 1859, the Senate voted 26–26 (HR 666). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–25, Republicans 16–0, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 26
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 19, 1859
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 25 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted yes
- James Shields D-MN voted yes
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Andrew Johnson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- James Bell R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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