Senate roll call 2 · 36th Congress · Mar 5, 1859
On consenting to the nomination of james simions to be surgeon and take the place on the army register next below surgeon david c. De leon.
On Mar 5, 1859, the Senate voted 28–15. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–9, Republicans 6–5, Others 1–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 36th Congress (1859–1860), James Buchanan was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 5, 1859
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 5 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted no
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- James Harlan R-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Dixon R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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