Senate roll call 420 · 34th Congress · Mar 2, 1857
To concur in an amendment made in committee of the whole to H.R. 616, which amendment authorizes the President to accept the tender by tennesee of the residence
On Mar 2, 1857, the Senate voted 24–30 (HR 616). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–11, Others 3–18, Republicans 0–1. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Mar 2, 1857
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 11 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 18 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Did not vote
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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