Senate roll call 373 · 34th Congress · Feb 24, 1857
To reconsider the vote passing H.R. 642.
On Feb 24, 1857, the Senate voted 35–21 (HR 642). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–14, Others 12–7, Republicans 1–0. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 35
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Feb 24, 1857
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 14 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC 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
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- 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
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Wright D-NJ
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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