Senate roll call 24 · 36th Congress · Mar 8, 1859
To advise and consent to the ratification of the convention between the U.S., and new granada.
On Mar 8, 1859, the Senate voted 39–8. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–8, Republicans 16–0, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 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
- 39
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 8, 1859
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- 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
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- 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
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Preston King 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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