House roll call 409 · 34th Congress · Aug 11, 1856
To table H. R. 389, a bill to enable the owners of land warrants to locate the same on any of the public domain subject to public entry whether the minimum pric
On Aug 11, 1856, the House voted 100–71 (HR 389). Result: passed. By party: Others 82–35, Democrats 18–37. 18 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 100
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 66
- Date
- Aug 11, 1856
By party
- Others82 yes · 35 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 37 no · 30 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- James William Denver D-CA voted yes
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted yes
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- George Washington Peck D-MI voted yes
- John Kelly D-NY voted yes
- John Wheeler D-NY voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
- John Williams D-NY voted yes
- John Hickman D-PA voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted yes
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James William Denver D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- James Thorington O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-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 Bishop O-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Abram Wakeman 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
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell 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
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- William Millward O-PA
- John Hickman D-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
- John Allison O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock 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
How each representative voted: No
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Timothy Davis 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
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Vail D-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- William Aiken D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie 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
Did not vote
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- William Waters Boyce 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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