House roll call 370 · 34th Congress · Jul 29, 1856
To amend H. R. 153, a bill making appropriations for the army for the 1857 fiscal year, so that until the laws of kansas territory are approved by Congress, no
On Jul 29, 1856, the House voted 88–89 (HR 153). Result: failed. By party: Others 86–35, Democrats 3–54. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 88
- No
- 89
- Did not vote
- 60
- Date
- Jul 29, 1856
By party
- Others86 yes · 35 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 54 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton 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
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee 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
- 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
- James Bishop O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Russell Sage 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
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman 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
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- James Meacham O-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- James William Denver D-CA
- 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
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-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
- George Vail D-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- William Aiken 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
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- 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
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Did not vote
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Thorington O-IA
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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