Senate roll call 200 · 34th Congress · Aug 11, 1856
To consider the resolution requesting the President to send to the Senate copies of the letters and vouchers filed in the various departments in support of the
On Aug 11, 1856, the Senate voted 29–14. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–7, Others 9–7. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Aug 11, 1856
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 7 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- 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
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Harlan O-IA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
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