To order a call of the house, during debate on resolution that after passage of the army appropriation bill, the house will not excuse any member from acting or

On Aug 26, 1856, the House voted 92–95. Result: failed. By party: Others 26–91, Democrats 66–4. 4 members voted against their own party.

During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.

Yes: 92
No: 95
Did not vote: 51
Date: Aug 26, 1856

By party

Others26 yes · 91 no · 35 didn’t vote
Democrats66 yes · 4 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted no
Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
David Barclay D-PA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

William Russell Smith O-AL
Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
John Woodruff O-CT
Sidney Dean O-CT
William Wickham Welch 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
Harvey David Scott 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
Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
Mark Trafton O-MA
Henry Winter Davis O-MD
John M. Wood 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
Gilchrist Porter O-MO
James Pike O-NH
Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
James Bishop O-NJ
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
Abram Wakeman O-NY
Ambrose Spencer Murray 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
Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
Richard Mott O-OH
Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
Aaron Harlan O-OH
Benjamin Stanton 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
John Armor Bingham O-OH
Job Roberts Tyson O-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
Lemuel Todd O-PA
David Fullerton Robison 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
Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Charles Billinghurst O-WI

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To order a call of the house, during debate…: House Vote, Aug 26, 1856,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/34-H-476/to-order-a-call-of-the-house-during-debate (accessed 2026-10-17).