House roll call 183 · 34th Congress · Apr 10, 1856
To agree, in the illinois contested election case, to the third resolution which grants payment to p. B. Fouke of the usual per diem and mileage allowed members
On Apr 10, 1856, the House voted 70–64. Result: passed. By party: Others 53–42, Democrats 18–23. 18 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 70
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 102
- Date
- Apr 10, 1856
By party
- Others53 yes · 42 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 23 no · 44 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Hall D-IA voted yes
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted yes
- James Cameron Allen D-IL voted yes
- Smith Miller D-IN voted yes
- John Milton Elliott D-KY voted yes
- George Washington Peck D-MI voted yes
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS voted yes
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted yes
- John Kelly D-NY voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
- John Williams D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- David Barclay D-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted yes
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Buffinton O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James William Denver D-CA
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- William Cumback O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- James Pike O-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- William Millward O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- James Thorington O-IA
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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