To amend S. 6, by providing "that in all cases where the prison of any state has heretofore been used, with the assent of such state, for the imprisonment of an

On Mar 26, 1856, the House voted 71–80 (S 6). Result: failed. By party: Others 69–30, Democrats 2–50. 2 members voted against their own party.

During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.

Yes: 71
No: 80
Did not vote: 87
Date: Mar 26, 1856

By party

Others69 yes · 30 no · 53 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 50 no · 33 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

John Woodruff O-CT
William Wickham Welch O-CT
Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
James Knox O-IL
William Cumback O-IN
Lucien Barbour O-IN
Harvey David Scott O-IN
Daniel Mace O-IN
Schuyler Colfax O-IN
John Upfold Pettit O-IN
Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
James Buffinton O-MA
William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
Anson Burlingame O-MA
Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
Mark Trafton O-MA
Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
Samuel Page Benson O-ME
Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
Henry Waldron O-MI
David Safford Walbridge O-MI
James Pike O-NH
Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
Bayard Clarke O-NY
Rufus H. King O-NY
Killian Miller O-NY
Russell Sage O-NY
Samuel Dickson O-NY
Edward Dodd O-NY
George Abel Simmons O-NY
Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
John Mason Parker O-NY
William Henry Kelsey O-NY
Benjamin Pringle O-NY
Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
Timothy Crane Day O-OH
Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
Richard Mott O-OH
Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
Aaron Harlan O-OH
Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
Samuel Galloway O-OH
Philemon Bliss O-OH
William Robinson Sapp O-OH
Edward Wade O-OH
Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
Jonathan Knight O-PA
David Ritchie O-PA
John Allison O-PA
John Dick O-PA
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
Alvah Sabin O-VT
Charles Billinghurst O-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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