Senate roll call 277 · 34th Congress · Aug 16, 1856
To amend S. 427, by eliminating the provision increasing the number of the engineers corps of the army.
On Aug 16, 1856, the Senate voted 26–8 (S 427). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–5, Others 9–3. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Aug 16, 1856
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 3 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
How each senator voted: No
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
- 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
- John Parker Hale 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
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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