Senate roll call 350 · 34th Congress · Feb 12, 1857
To amend H.R. 567, a bill giving the secretary of the navy authority to purchase additional land adjoining certain navy yards, by providing that no such land SH
On Feb 12, 1857, the Senate voted 25–17 (HR 567). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–5, Others 4–11, Republicans 0–1. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 12, 1857
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 5 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Bell O-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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