Senate roll call 243 · 34th Congress · Aug 15, 1856
To postpone discussion on the case of the iowa contested senatorial election, so as to take up H.R. 201.
On Aug 15, 1856, the Senate voted 27–19. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–3, Others 4–16. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Aug 15, 1856
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 3 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 16 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- 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
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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