House roll call 406 · 34th Congress · Aug 8, 1856
To resolve that clerks of house pay out of the 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 103–82. Result: passed. By party: Others 97–28, Democrats 6–54. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 103
- No
- 82
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Aug 8, 1856
By party
- Others97 yes · 28 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 54 no · 25 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
- John Hickman D-PA voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
- David Barclay D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- John Upfold Pettit 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
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- 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
- Edward Ball 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
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts 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
- David Barclay D-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
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- 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
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge 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
- Samuel Caruthers O-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
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- 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
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- 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
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Did not vote
- Percy Walker O-AL
- 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
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- 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
- 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
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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