Senate roll call 425 · 34th Congress · Mar 2, 1857
To amend H.R. 633, (app. 3/3/1857, 11 stat. L. 243), a bill making appropriations for the naval service for 1858, by providing for a sum not exceeding $6,700 fo
On Mar 2, 1857, the Senate voted 23–12 (HR 633). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–10, Others 12–2, Republicans 1–0. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 2, 1857
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Philip Allen D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 633, (app. 3/3/1857, 11 stat…: Senate Vote, Mar 2, 1857,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/34-S-425/to-amend-h-r-633-app-3-3-1857 (accessed 2026-10-17).