Senate roll call 397 · 34th Congress · Feb 26, 1857
To amend an amendment to H.R. 566, by transferring to schedule 1, all unmanufactured wool valued at 20 cents or less, and other various wools.
On Feb 26, 1857, the Senate voted 33–9 (HR 566). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–6, Others 11–3, Republicans 1–0. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 33
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 26, 1857
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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