House roll call 405 · 34th Congress · Aug 8, 1856
To table resol. That clerk of house pay out of contingent fund to andrew reeder, his mileage and per diem to the day when his memorial was decided upon. (p.198
On Aug 8, 1856, the House voted 76–97. Result: failed. By party: Others 28–93, Democrats 48–4. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 76
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Aug 8, 1856
By party
- Others28 yes · 93 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats48 yes · 4 no · 33 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted no
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
- John Hickman D-PA voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris 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
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Vail D-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith 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
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- James Thorington O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Timothy Davis 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
- 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
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins 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
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson 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
- Lewis Davis Campbell 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
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- 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
- 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
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- 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
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- James Bishop O-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Other votes
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