Senate roll call 38 · 36th Congress · Jan 16, 1860
On consenting to the nomination of charles j. Faulkner, to be envoy extrandinary and minister plenipatentiary of the U.S., to france.
On Jan 16, 1860, the Senate voted 30–21. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–0, Republicans 0–21, Others 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 36th Congress (1859–1860), James Buchanan was president, and Republicans held the House majority and Democrats the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jan 16, 1860
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 21 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Henry Peter Haun D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell D-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin D-LA
- Anthony Kennedy O-MD
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- Thomas Bragg D-NC
- Joseph Lane D-OR
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chesnut Jr. D-SC
- James Henry Hammond D-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- John Hemphill D-TX
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Dixon R-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster R-CT
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Kinsley Scott Bingham R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Morton Smith Wilkinson R-MN
- Daniel Clark R-NH
- John Parker Hale R-NH
- John Conover Ten Eyck R-NJ
- Preston King R-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Fowler Simmons R-RI
- Jacob Collamer R-VT
- Solomon Foot R-VT
- Charles Durkee R-WI
- James Rood Doolittle R-WI
Did not vote
- David Colbreth Broderick D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Henry Mower Rice D-MN
- Trusten Polk D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward R-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Edward Dickinson Baker R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Matthias Ward D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “On consenting to the nomination of charles…: Senate Vote, Jan 16, 1860,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/36-S-38/on-consenting-to-the-nomination-of-charles-j-faulkner (accessed 2026-10-17).