House roll call 295 · 34th Congress · Jun 30, 1856
To table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the main question on H. R. 411 was ordered to be put.
On Jun 30, 1856, the House voted 98–89 (HR 411). Result: passed. By party: Others 92–28, Democrats 6–61. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 98
- No
- 89
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Jun 30, 1856
By party
- Others92 yes · 28 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 61 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Cameron Allen D-IL voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
- John Hickman D-PA voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
- David Barclay D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- James Thorington O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- John M. Wood O-ME
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- James Pike O-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray 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
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- William Millward O-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-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
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- James Meacham O-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Percy Walker O-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Did not vote
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- James William Denver D-CA
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Other votes
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