Senate roll call 224 · 34th Congress · Aug 13, 1856
To amend the resolution relating to the ratification of the treaty between the U.S. And the kingdom of the "two sicilies," by striking out articles 21,22,23, 24
On Aug 13, 1856, the Senate voted 26–14. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–10, Others 12–4. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Aug 13, 1856
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 10 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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