Senate roll call 339 · 34th Congress · Feb 6, 1857
To amend H.R. 13, by providing that this act shall not be held to sanction the judgement of the court of claims as having any valid effect against the U.S.
On Feb 6, 1857, the Senate voted 18–28 (HR 13). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–15, Others 4–12, Republicans 0–1. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 6, 1857
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 15 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 12 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Bell O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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