House roll call 82 · 34th Congress · Jan 29, 1856
To table a resolution providing that names be inserted on blanks, each name to be used only once, except agreed to be special vote, and the person receiving the
On Jan 29, 1856, the House voted 153–49. Result: passed. By party: Others 88–44, Democrats 65–5. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 153
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jan 29, 1856
By party
- Others88 yes · 44 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats65 yes · 5 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA voted no
- Augustus Hall D-IA voted no
- John Wheeler D-NY voted no
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
- William Smith D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-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
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Hiram Warner D-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
- 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
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-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
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-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
- George Vail D-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
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton 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
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- John Sherman 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
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-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
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- 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
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- James Bishop O-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- William Smith D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
Did not vote
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- James William Denver D-CA
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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