Senate roll call 228 · 34th Congress · Aug 13, 1856
To retain the words "or the utterance of forged papers" as part of the first article of the treaty with the grand duchy of baden relating to the mutual surrende
On Aug 13, 1856, the Senate voted 0–39. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–23, Others 0–16.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 0
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Aug 13, 1856
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 23 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- 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
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- 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
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-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
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- 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
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
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