Senate roll call 327 · 34th Congress · Jan 23, 1857
To amend H.R. 757, by providing that any person willfully making default in appearing in an inquiry within the constitutional juristiction of Congress, or refus
On Jan 23, 1857, the Senate voted 8–39 (HR 757). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–28, Others 7–11. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jan 23, 1857
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 28 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 11 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden 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
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-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
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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