Senate roll call 78 · 34th Congress · Jul 2, 1856
To amend S. 356, by providing that there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in said territory, provided however that any slave escaping into thi
On Jul 2, 1856, the Senate voted 10–35 (S 356). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–28, Others 9–7. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 10
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jul 2, 1856
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 28 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- James Harlan O-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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