Senate roll call 29 · 34th Congress · Mar 26, 1856
To amend an amendment to H.R. 68, by appropriating $11,000 instead of $5,000 for repair of the potomac bridge and the navy yard and upper bridges of the eastern
On Mar 26, 1856, the Senate voted 19–26 (HR 68). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–12, Others 4–14. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 26, 1856
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 14 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- 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
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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