Senate roll call 62 · 34th Congress · May 26, 1856
To postpone until friday next, further consideration of S. 172, a bill authorizing the people of the territory of kansas to form a constitution and state govern
On May 26, 1856, the Senate voted 22–19 (S 172). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–9, Others 3–10. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- May 26, 1856
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Did not vote
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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