Senate roll call 37 · 34th Congress · Apr 16, 1856
To amend H.R. 8 (app. 5/14/1856, 11 stat. L. 8), a bill in addition to the act approved 3/3/1855 granting bounty lands to soldiers of the U.S., by providing tha
On Apr 16, 1856, the Senate voted 19–21 (HR 8). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–16, Others 10–5. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 16, 1856
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 16 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 5 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- 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
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 8 (app. 5/14/1856, 11 stat. L…: Senate Vote, Apr 16…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/34-S-37/to-amend-h-r-8-app-5-14-1856 (accessed 2026-10-17).