House roll call 329 · 34th Congress · Jul 15, 1856
To sustain the chair's decision that the resolution condemning the act of lawrence keitt and henry edmundson in the assault, is not divisable in as much as it d
On Jul 15, 1856, the House voted 162–25. Result: passed. By party: Others 96–22, Democrats 66–3. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 162
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Jul 15, 1856
By party
- Others96 yes · 22 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats66 yes · 3 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-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
- James William Denver D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Thorington O-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
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Timothy Davis 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 William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- John Scott Harrison 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
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- 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
- 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
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Killian Miller O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
Did not vote
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- James Pike O-NH
- James Bishop O-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
Other votes
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