Senate roll call 42 · 34th Congress · Apr 22, 1856
To amend an amendment to H.R. 8, by repealing the provision requiring record of military or naval service and stipulating that verbal testimony be admitted to p
On Apr 22, 1856, the Senate voted 22–19 (HR 8). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–14, Others 11–5. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Apr 22, 1856
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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