Senate roll call 10 · 34th Congress · Feb 20, 1856
To amend the resolution amending the rules of Senate by providing that the call for petitions shall be by states in their alphabetical order, instead of merely
On Feb 20, 1856, the Senate voted 18–19. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–7, Others 3–12. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 20, 1856
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 7 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 12 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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