Senate roll call 275 · 34th Congress · Aug 16, 1856
To insist on senates amendment to H.R. 153, which amendment would eliminate the provision that no part of the military force be used to enforce acts of alleged
On Aug 16, 1856, the Senate voted 27–10 (HR 153). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–1, Others 6–9. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Aug 16, 1856
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 9 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- 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
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- 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 insist on senates amendment to H.R. 153…: Senate Vote, Aug 16, 1856,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/34-S-275/to-insist-on-senates-amendment-to-h-r-153 (accessed 2026-10-17).