Senate roll call 168 · 34th Congress · Aug 4, 1856
To amend S. 71, a bill appropriating $200,000 to continue the improvement of des moines and rock river rapids in the mississippi river, by reducing the appropri
On Aug 4, 1856, the Senate voted 12–21 (S 71). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–14, Others 4–7. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Aug 4, 1856
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 7 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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