Senate roll call 385 · 34th Congress · Feb 25, 1857
To amend S. 493, by providing that no contract shall be binding on the U.S. Until approved by Congress.
On Feb 25, 1857, the Senate voted 24–28 (S 493). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–13, Others 5–14, Republicans 0–1. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Feb 25, 1857
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 13 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 14 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Bell O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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