Senate roll call 408 · 34th Congress · Feb 28, 1857
To amend an amendment to H.R. 606, by providing that the secretaries appoint clerks from various states, each to have their own quota according to number of rep
On Feb 28, 1857, the Senate voted 19–27 (HR 606). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–17, Others 3–9, Republicans 0–1. 16 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 28, 1857
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 17 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 9 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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