That when the house adjourn today, it be to meet on saturday next. (p.37-3)

On Dec 4, 1856, the House voted 48–153. Result: failed. By party: Others 12–116, Democrats 36–36, Republicans 0–1. 36 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 48
No: 153
Did not vote: 37
Date: Dec 4, 1856

By party

Others12 yes · 116 no · 24 didn’t vote
Democrats36 yes · 36 no · 13 didn’t vote
Republicans0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted no
Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL voted no
Smith Miller D-IN voted no
William Hayden English D-IN voted no
Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
John Milton Elliott D-KY voted no
James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
George Washington Peck D-MI voted no
Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS voted no
William Barksdale D-MS voted no
Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
George Vail D-NJ voted no
Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted no
Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
David Barclay D-PA voted no
Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
John Vines Wright D-TN voted no
Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted no
Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

William Russell Smith O-AL
George Smith Houston D-AL
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb 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
Howell Cobb 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
James Lowry Donaldson Morrison 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
Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
John Milton Elliott D-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
Timothy Davis O-MA
Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
Alexander De Witt O-MA
Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
Mark Trafton O-MA
James Augustus Stewart D-MD
James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
Henry William Hoffman O-MD
John M. Wood O-ME
John Jasiel Perry O-ME
Samuel Page Benson O-ME
Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
William Alanson Howard O-MI
David Safford Walbridge O-MI
George Washington Peck D-MI
Mordecai Oliver O-MO
Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
William Barksdale D-MS
Robert Treat Paine O-NC
Warren Winslow D-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
James Bishop O-NJ
George Vail D-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
John Mason Parker O-NY
William Henry Kelsey O-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
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
Philemon Bliss O-OH
William Robinson Sapp 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
William Millward O-PA
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
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
Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
Charles Ready O-TN
George Washington Jones D-TN
John Vines Wright D-TN
Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
John Singleton Millson D-VA
John Samuels Caskie D-VA
William Osborne Goode D-VA
Paulus Powell D-VA
Charles James Faulkner D-VA
Zedekiah Kidwell 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
Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Charles Billinghurst O-WI

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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