Senate roll call 292 · 34th Congress · Aug 22, 1856
To amend H.R. 578, a bill making appropriations for the army for 1857, by eliminating the provision that no part of the military force of the U.S. For which thi
On Aug 22, 1856, the Senate voted 36–7 (HR 578). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–1, Others 7–6. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 36
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Aug 22, 1856
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 1 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 6 no · 11 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
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- 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
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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