Senate roll call 25 · 36th Congress · Mar 8, 1859
To advise and consent to the ratification of the convention between the U.S., and chile, signed nov. 10, 1858, providing for the reference to an arbiter of the
On Mar 8, 1859, the Senate voted 41–4. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–4, Republicans 16–0, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 4 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
- 41
- No
- 4
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 8, 1859
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 4 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch 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
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman 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 Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- 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
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Dixon R-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- 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
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- 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
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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