Senate roll call 353 · 34th Congress · Feb 14, 1857
To pass S. 576, (app. 3/3/1857, 11 stat. L. 200), a bill granting land to the territory of minnesota to construct certain railroads.
On Feb 14, 1857, the Senate voted 32–10 (S 576). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–10, Others 13–0, Republicans 1–0. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 14, 1857
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- 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
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S. 576, (app. 3/3/1857, 11 stat. L…: Senate Vote, Feb 14, 1857,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/34-S-353/to-pass-s-576-app-3-3-1857-11 (accessed 2026-10-17).