Senate roll call 9 · 35th Congress · Mar 11, 1857
To pass resolution that 9th article of treaty between the United States and great britain and ireland relative to central america, concluded and signed at londo
On Mar 11, 1857, the Senate voted 2–41. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–23, Republicans 1–14, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 2 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
- 2
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 11, 1857
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 23 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 14 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Martin Waltham Bates D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Shields D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Delazon Smith D-OR
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne D-SC
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- James Pinckney Henderson D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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