House roll call 162 · 34th Congress · Mar 27, 1856
To table a motion to reconsider vote by which yeas and nays were ordered during debate on H. R. 174. The chair voted in the negative.
On Mar 27, 1856, the House voted 82–81 (HR 174). Result: passed. By party: Others 22–81, Democrats 60–0.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 82
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Mar 27, 1856
By party
- Others22 yes · 81 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Democrats60 yes · 0 no · 25 didn’t vote
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- 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
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- James Pike O-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-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
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
Did not vote
- Percy Walker O-AL
- James William Denver D-CA
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- James Thorington O-IA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- John M. Wood O-ME
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- James Bishop O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- William Millward O-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- William Aiken D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Other votes
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