House roll call 10 · 34th Congress · Dec 26, 1855
To table a resolution that this house will continue to vote viva voce, and without debate, for speaker today, tomorrow, and to the conclussion of the first vote
On Dec 26, 1855, the House voted 104–94. Result: passed. By party: Others 41–90, Democrats 63–4. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 104
- No
- 94
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Dec 26, 1855
By party
- Others41 yes · 90 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats63 yes · 4 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted no
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James William Denver D-CA
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Vail D-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- James Thorington O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- John M. Wood O-ME
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- James Pike O-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- James Meacham O-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
Did not vote
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- John Sherman O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Other votes
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