Senate roll call 23 · 34th Congress · Mar 24, 1856
To amend an amendment to H.R. 68, by relinquishing the title of the U.S. To the navy yard and upper bridges of the eastern branch of the potomac river to the ci
On Mar 24, 1856, the Senate voted 16–21 (HR 68). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–10, Others 3–11. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 24, 1856
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 10 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 11 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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