House roll call 148 · 34th Congress · Mar 19, 1856
To amend a resolution providing that in the kansas contested election case the committee on elections be empowered to send for persons and papers, by providing
On Mar 19, 1856, the House voted 104–91. Result: passed. By party: Others 98–27, Democrats 6–64. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 104
- No
- 91
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Mar 19, 1856
By party
- Others98 yes · 27 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 64 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Cameron Allen D-IL voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
- John Hickman D-PA voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
- David Barclay D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch 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
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- 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 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
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- 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
- James Pike O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Bayard Clarke 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
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert 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
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- James Meacham O-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- 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
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott 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 Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Hendley Stone Bennett 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
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Vail D-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-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
- Samuel Axley Smith D-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
- 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
Did not vote
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James William Denver D-CA
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- John M. Wood O-ME
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Other votes
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