To recommit a resolution providing that in the kansas contested election case, the committee on elections shall be empowered to send for persons and papers, wit

On Feb 19, 1856, the House voted 68–67. Result: passed. By party: Others 18–64, Democrats 50–3. 3 members voted against their own party.

During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.

Yes: 68
No: 67
Did not vote: 103
Date: Feb 19, 1856

By party

Others18 yes · 64 no · 70 didn’t vote
Democrats50 yes · 3 no · 32 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
John Hickman D-PA voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

John Woodruff O-CT
Sidney Dean O-CT
Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
James Knox O-IL
William Cumback O-IN
David Pierson Holloway O-IN
Lucien Barbour O-IN
Harvey David Scott O-IN
Schuyler Colfax O-IN
Samuel Brenton O-IN
Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
Anson Burlingame O-MA
Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
Mark Trafton O-MA
John Jasiel Perry 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
James Pike O-NH
Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
Abram Wakeman 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
Andrew Oliver D-NY
John Mason Parker O-NY
William Henry Kelsey O-NY
Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
Solomon George Haven O-NY
Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
Richard Mott O-OH
Benjamin Stanton O-OH
John Sherman 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
Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
Jacob Broom O-PA
John Hickman D-PA
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
John Jamison Pearce O-PA
Jonathan Knight O-PA
David Ritchie O-PA
John Dick O-PA
Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
James Meacham O-VT
Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
Alvah Sabin O-VT
Charles Billinghurst O-WI

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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