That when the house adjourn today, it be to meet on friday next. (p.22-2)

On Dec 3, 1856, the House voted 43–167. Result: failed. By party: Others 10–127, Democrats 33–39, Republicans 0–1. 33 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 43
No: 167
Did not vote: 28
Date: Dec 3, 1856

By party

Others10 yes · 127 no · 15 didn’t vote
Democrats33 yes · 39 no · 13 didn’t vote
Republicans0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted yes
James William Denver D-CA voted yes
Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA voted yes
Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL voted yes
Hiram Warner D-GA voted yes
Howell Cobb D-GA voted yes
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
Augustus Hall D-IA voted yes
Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted yes
James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted yes
Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted yes
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted yes
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted yes
Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
Warren Winslow D-NC voted yes
George Vail D-NJ voted yes
John Kelly D-NY voted yes
John Wheeler D-NY voted yes
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
John Cadwalader D-PA voted yes
John Hickman D-PA voted yes
Asa Packer D-PA voted yes
John Mcqueen D-SC voted yes
William Aiken D-SC voted yes
Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted yes
James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted yes
William Waters Boyce D-SC voted yes
Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted yes
John Houston Savage D-TN voted yes
Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX voted yes
Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

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
Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
John Woodruff O-CT
Sidney Dean O-CT
William Wickham Welch O-CT
Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
John Henry Lumpkin 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
Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
James Cameron Allen D-IL
James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
Smith Miller D-IN
William Hayden English D-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
Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
Humphrey Marshall O-KY
Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
Leander Martin Cox O-KY
Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
James Buffinton O-MA
Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
Anson Burlingame 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
James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
James Morrison Harris O-MD
Henry William Hoffman O-MD
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
George Washington Peck D-MI
Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
Samuel Caruthers O-MO
Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
William Barksdale D-MS
Robert Treat Paine O-NC
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
James Pike O-NH
Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
William Weightman Valk O-NY
James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
Abram Wakeman O-NY
Bayard Clarke O-NY
Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
Rufus H. King O-NY
Killian Miller O-NY
Russell Sage 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
John Williams D-NY
Benjamin Pringle O-NY
Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
Solomon George Haven O-NY
Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
Timothy Crane Day O-OH
John Scott Harrison 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
John Armor Bingham O-OH
Jacob Broom O-PA
Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
Jehu Glancy Jones D-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
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
Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
William Henry Sneed O-TN
Charles Ready O-TN
George Washington Jones D-TN
John Vines Wright D-TN
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
Emerson Etheridge O-TN
Thomas Rivers O-TN
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
John Singleton Millson D-VA
John Samuels Caskie D-VA
William Osborne Goode D-VA
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
William Smith D-VA
Charles James Faulkner D-VA
John Letcher D-VA
John Snyder Carlile O-VA
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
Alvah Sabin O-VT
Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Charles Billinghurst O-WI

Did not vote

Other votes

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