Senate roll call 249 · 34th Congress · Aug 15, 1856
To amend S. 398, (app. 8/16/1856, 11 stat. L. 48), a bill regulating the compensation of the members of Congress, by allowing retroactive increase in pay of con
On Aug 15, 1856, the Senate voted 19–24 (S 398). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–17, Others 9–7. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Aug 15, 1856
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 17 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- James Bell O-NH
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 398, (app. 8/16/1856, 11 stat…: Senate Vote, Aug 15, 1856,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/34-S-249/to-amend-s-398-app-8-16-1856-11 (accessed 2026-10-17).