Senate roll call 173 · 34th Congress · Aug 5, 1856
To amend S. 128, a bill appropriating for the improvement of the harbor at dubuque, iowa, by providing that this improvement shall be to the landing instead of
On Aug 5, 1856, the Senate voted 15–20 (S 128). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–8, Others 2–12. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Aug 5, 1856
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 12 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- James Bell O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian 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
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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