Senate roll call 181 · 34th Congress · Aug 6, 1856
To take up consideration of H.R. 154, a bill providing for the settlement of the claims of officers in the revolutionary army and the widows and orphans of thos
On Aug 6, 1856, the Senate voted 23–19 (HR 154). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–13, Others 10–6. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Aug 6, 1856
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Bell O-TN
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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