House roll call 312 · 34th Congress · Jul 7, 1856
To table resolution to provide books to members of the house who have not received same, and to pay for books out of the contingent fund of the house. (p.1550-
On Jul 7, 1856, the House voted 78–96. Result: failed. By party: Others 32–84, Democrats 46–12. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 78
- No
- 96
- Did not vote
- 64
- Date
- Jul 7, 1856
By party
- Others32 yes · 84 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 12 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Albert Rust D-AR voted no
- James William Denver D-CA voted no
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
- Hiram Warner D-GA voted no
- James Cameron Allen D-IL voted no
- John Milton Elliott D-KY voted no
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted no
- George Washington Peck D-MI voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
- David Barclay D-PA voted no
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX voted no
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Thorington O-IA
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Percy Walker O-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James William Denver D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-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
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
Did not vote
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- James Pike O-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Other votes
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