House roll call 378 · 34th Congress · Jul 30, 1856
To table H. R. 154, a bill to provide for settlement of claims of officers of the revolutionary army, and widows and orphans of those who died in the service.
On Jul 30, 1856, the House voted 61–105 (HR 154). Result: failed. By party: Others 30–81, Democrats 31–24. 24 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 61
- No
- 105
- Did not vote
- 72
- Date
- Jul 30, 1856
By party
- Others30 yes · 81 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 24 no · 30 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted no
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL voted no
- William Hayden English D-IN voted no
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted no
- George Washington Peck D-MI voted no
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS voted no
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
- George Vail D-NJ voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted no
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
- David Barclay D-PA voted no
- William Aiken D-SC voted no
- John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX voted no
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
- William Smith D-VA voted no
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- James William Denver D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- John M. Wood O-ME
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- James Pike O-NH
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Asa Packer D-PA
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- John Woodruff O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- James Thorington O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- 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
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller 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
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- William Aiken D-SC
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
Did not vote
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- 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
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-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
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- 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
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- John Sherman O-OH
- 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
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
Other votes
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