Senate roll call 28 · 36th Congress · Mar 9, 1859
On consenting to the nomination of emery d. Potter, to be collector of the customs for the district of miami in the state of ohio.
On Mar 9, 1859, the Senate voted 35–7. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–6, Republicans 13–1, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 7 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
- 35
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 9, 1859
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 6 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 1 no · 13 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
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Jefferson Davis D-MS voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC 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 Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- 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
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- 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
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Matthias Ward D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin 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
- Jesse David Bright 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 Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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