Senate roll call 207 · 34th Congress · Aug 11, 1856
To amend H.R. 202, by eliminating the salary of the judge of the criminal court in the district of columbia.
On Aug 11, 1856, the Senate voted 5–33 (HR 202). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–25, Others 5–8.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Aug 11, 1856
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 25 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Harlan O-IA
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Charles Durkee O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- 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
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- James Bell O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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