Senate roll call 202 · 34th Congress · Aug 11, 1856
To amend the resolution concerning colonel fremont's accounts, by requesting the President to send the Senate information regarding all transactions of james bu
On Aug 11, 1856, the Senate voted 9–34. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–27, Others 8–7. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Aug 11, 1856
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 27 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 7 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee O-WI
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
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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