That when the house adjourn today, it be to meet on tuesday next. (p.06-1)

On Dec 26, 1856, the House voted 73–62. Result: passed. By party: Others 37–55, Democrats 36–6, Republicans 0–1. 6 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 73
No: 62
Did not vote: 103
Date: Dec 26, 1856

By party

Others37 yes · 55 no · 60 didn’t vote
Democrats36 yes · 6 no · 43 didn’t vote
Republicans0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted no
John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted no
Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
David Barclay D-PA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
John Woodruff O-CT
Sidney Dean O-CT
William Wickham Welch O-CT
James Thorington O-IA
James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
James Knox O-IL
David Pierson Holloway O-IN
Lucien Barbour O-IN
Harvey David Scott O-IN
Samuel Brenton O-IN
Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
John Milton Sandidge D-LA
Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
James Buffinton O-MA
William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
Mark Trafton O-MA
James Augustus Stewart D-MD
John Jasiel Perry O-ME
Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
Samuel Page Benson O-ME
David Safford Walbridge O-MI
Warren Winslow D-NC
Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
James Pike O-NH
Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
Killian Miller O-NY
Russell Sage O-NY
Edward Dodd O-NY
George Abel Simmons O-NY
Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
John Mason Parker O-NY
William Henry Kelsey O-NY
Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
Timothy Crane Day 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
William Robinson Sapp O-OH
Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
Edward Wade O-OH
Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
Jonathan Knight O-PA
Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
David Barclay D-PA
William Henry Sneed O-TN
Charles Ready O-TN
Emerson Etheridge O-TN
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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Capitol Receipts, “That when the house adjourn today, it be to…: House Vote, Dec 26, 1856,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/34-H-559/that-when-the-house-adjourn-today-it-be-to (accessed 2026-10-17).