Between the fall of the Whigs and the rise of the Republicans, many anti-slavery Americans voted in favor of this minor party.
If passed, this treaty would have given Cuba to the United States. The Senate rejected it 53-30.
Most Republicans and few Democrats voted for the resolution committing to a U.S. victory in various Middle Eastern wars.
IN 1869, the Senate voted to expand the size of the Supreme Court to 9, where it has been ever since.
Look at the career of the first female Speaker of the House.
