Senate roll call 192 · 34th Congress · Aug 7, 1856
To amend H.R. 153 by eliminating the provision providing that no part of the military force be employed in enforcing enactments of alleged legislative assembly
On Aug 7, 1856, the Senate voted 29–9 (HR 153). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–1, Others 6–8. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Aug 7, 1856
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 1 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 8 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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