Senate roll call 22 · 36th Congress · Mar 8, 1859
To retain the seventh article of the convention between the U.S., and new granada, which article the government of new granada proposed to have eliminated.
On Mar 8, 1859, the Senate voted 16–30. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–14, Republicans 0–15, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 16
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 8, 1859
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 14 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Trusten Polk D-MO voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Thomas Bragg D-NC voted no
- Joseph Lane D-OR voted no
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC voted no
- James Henry Hammond D-SC voted no
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN voted no
- John Hemphill D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. 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
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- Preston King R-NY
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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