Senate roll call 195 · 34th Congress · Aug 8, 1856
To recommit to the committee on indian affairs its unfavorable report regarding the claim of richard w. Thompson for service rendered to the menomonee indians,
On Aug 8, 1856, the Senate voted 17–17. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–10, Others 6–7. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Aug 8, 1856
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 10 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
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