Senate roll call 399 · 34th Congress · Feb 27, 1857
To amend H.R. 636, (app. 3/3/1857, 11 stat. L. 188), a bill making appropriations for the post office department for 1858, by authorizing the postmaster general
On Feb 27, 1857, the Senate voted 27–24 (HR 636). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–19, Others 12–5. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 27, 1857
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 19 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- William Bigler D-PA voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
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
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 636, (app. 3/3/1857, 11 stat…: Senate Vote, Feb 27, 1857,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/34-S-399/to-amend-h-r-636-app-3-3-1857 (accessed 2026-10-17).