To receive a message from the President pertaining to law and order in the territory of kansas. (p.298-3)

On Jan 24, 1856, the House voted 117–84. Result: passed. By party: Others 49–81, Democrats 68–3. 3 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 117
No: 84
Did not vote: 37
Date: Jan 24, 1856

By party

Others49 yes · 81 no · 22 didn’t vote
Democrats68 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS voted no
Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Percy Walker O-AL
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
Albert Rust D-AR
Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
Hiram Warner D-GA
John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
Howell Cobb D-GA
Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
James Knox O-IL
William Alexander Richardson D-IL
Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
James Cameron Allen D-IL
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
Smith Miller D-IN
William Hayden English D-IN
Harvey David Scott O-IN
Daniel Mace O-IN
Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
Albert Gallatin Talbott 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
George Eustis Jr. O-LA
Miles Taylor D-LA
Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
John Milton Sandidge D-LA
Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
Timothy Davis O-MA
James Augustus Stewart D-MD
James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
James Morrison Harris O-MD
Henry William Hoffman O-MD
Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
George Washington Peck D-MI
Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
Gilchrist Porter O-MO
Mordecai Oliver O-MO
John Smith Phelps D-MO
Samuel Caruthers O-MO
Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
William Barksdale D-MS
William Augustus Lake O-MS
John Anthony Quitman D-MS
Robert Treat Paine O-NC
Thomas Ruffin D-NC
Warren Winslow D-NC
Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
Francis Burton Craige D-NC
Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
William Weightman Valk O-NY
John Kelly D-NY
Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
John Wheeler D-NY
Abram Wakeman O-NY
Henry Bennett O-NY
Andrew Oliver D-NY
John Williams D-NY
Solomon George Haven O-NY
Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
John Scott Harrison O-OH
Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
William Millward O-PA
John Cadwalader D-PA
Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
Asa Packer D-PA
Lemuel Todd O-PA
Jonathan Knight O-PA
David Ritchie O-PA
David Barclay D-PA
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
John Mcqueen D-SC
William Aiken D-SC
James Lawrence Orr D-SC
William Waters Boyce D-SC
Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
William Henry Sneed O-TN
Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
John Houston Savage D-TN
Charles Ready O-TN
George Washington Jones D-TN
John Vines Wright D-TN
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
Emerson Etheridge O-TN
Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
John Singleton Millson D-VA
John Samuels Caskie D-VA
William Osborne Goode D-VA
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
Paulus Powell D-VA
William Smith D-VA
Charles James Faulkner D-VA
John Letcher D-VA
Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
John Snyder Carlile O-VA
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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