House roll call 127 · 34th Congress · Feb 18, 1856
To amend a resolution relating to the printing of the report of the patent office, by increasing the number of copies to be printed for the use of the house fro
On Feb 18, 1856, the House voted 86–52. Result: passed. By party: Others 74–14, Democrats 12–38. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 86
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 100
- Date
- Feb 18, 1856
By party
- Others74 yes · 14 no · 64 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 38 no · 35 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hall D-IA voted yes
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted yes
- Smith Miller D-IN voted yes
- William Hayden English D-IN voted yes
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD voted yes
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted yes
- George Vail D-NJ voted yes
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- John Cadwalader D-PA voted yes
- John Hickman D-PA voted yes
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Thorington O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- James Pike O-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- James Meacham O-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Did not vote
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James William Denver D-CA
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- William Millward O-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Other votes
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