House roll call 142 · 34th Congress · Feb 27, 1856
To table motion to refer to the court of claims the petition of charles wilkes and others, owners of real estate on north capital street, for damages occasioned
On Feb 27, 1856, the House voted 56–82. Result: failed. By party: Others 13–74, Democrats 43–8. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 56
- No
- 82
- Did not vote
- 100
- Date
- Feb 27, 1856
By party
- Others13 yes · 74 no · 65 didn’t vote
- Democrats43 yes · 8 no · 34 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- George Vail D-NJ
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff 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
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- 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
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Pike O-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Rufus H. King 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
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- William Millward O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- 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
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- James William Denver D-CA
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott 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
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-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
- William Smith D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
Other votes
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