Senate roll call 240 · 34th Congress · Aug 15, 1856
To ratify the treaty with the grand duchy of baden, relating to the mutual return of fugitives from justice.
On Aug 15, 1856, the Senate voted 30–10. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–8, Others 15–2. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Aug 15, 1856
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce 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
- 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
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson 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 Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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