Senate roll call 52 · 34th Congress · May 2, 1856
To amend s.j. 17, a resolution for enlarging the customs house, post office and court house at milwaukee, wisconsin and detroit, michigan, by appropriating for
On May 2, 1856, the Senate voted 25–11 (SJR 17). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–6, Others 9–5. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- May 2, 1856
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 6 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 5 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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