Senate roll call 49 · 34th Congress · Apr 29, 1856
To amend the resolution to print 10,000 copies, in addition to the regular number, of the report of the exploration of the sources of the big wachita and brazos
On Apr 29, 1856, the Senate voted 34–5. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–2, Others 11–3. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Apr 29, 1856
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 2 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Henry Seward O-NY
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- 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 Stephen Green D-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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