To adhere to its disagreement to a Senate amendment to H. R. 153. The Senate amendment would eliminate a proviso relating to kansas. (p.66-1)

On Aug 28, 1856, the House voted 101–97 (HR 153). Result: passed. By party: Others 97–29, Democrats 4–68. 4 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 101
No: 97
Did not vote: 40
Date: Aug 28, 1856

By party

Others97 yes · 29 no · 26 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 68 no · 13 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
David Barclay D-PA 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
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
Timothy Davis O-MA
Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
Alexander De Witt O-MA
Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
Mark Trafton O-MA
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
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
James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
Abram Wakeman 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
Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
Henry Bennett 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
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
William Millward 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 Rufus Edie O-PA
John Covode O-PA
Jonathan Knight O-PA
David Ritchie O-PA
John Allison O-PA
David Barclay D-PA
John Dick O-PA
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
Alvah Sabin O-VT
Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Charles Billinghurst O-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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