Senate roll call 438 · 34th Congress · Mar 3, 1857
To amend H.R. 615, by providing for the free importation of iron necessary for the construction and repair of any railroad carrying mail as full compensation fo
On Mar 3, 1857, the Senate voted 21–28 (HR 615). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–13, Others 3–14, Republicans 0–1. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Mar 3, 1857
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 14 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI 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
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- 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
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- 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
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- 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
- 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
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Bell O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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