Senate roll call 11 · 34th Congress · Feb 21, 1856
To agree to the ratification of the articles of agreement and convention between the United States and the choctaw and chickasaw tribes of indians, made and con
On Feb 21, 1856, the Senate voted 31–2. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–0, Others 10–2.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 2
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 21, 1856
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 2 no · 12 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Samuel Houston O-TX
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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