Senate roll call 282 · 34th Congress · Aug 16, 1856
To amend the resolution that the clerk of the committee on military affairs be paid in the same manner as the clerk to the committee on claims, by eliminating a
On Aug 16, 1856, the Senate voted 17–15. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–7, Others 5–8. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Aug 16, 1856
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 7 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
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
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
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