House roll call 216 · 34th Congress · Apr 29, 1856
To agree to second resolution in the maine contested election case, which resolution provides payment of the usual mileage and daily compensation from march 3rd
On Apr 29, 1856, the House voted 81–59. Result: passed. By party: Others 74–21, Democrats 7–38. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 81
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 98
- Date
- Apr 29, 1856
By party
- Others74 yes · 21 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 38 no · 40 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted yes
- George Washington Peck D-MI voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
- David Barclay D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- James Thorington O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Pike O-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller 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
- 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
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- William Millward O-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
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- James Johnson Lindley 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
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-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
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Did not vote
- Percy Walker O-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James William Denver D-CA
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Edward Ball 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 Hickman D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Other votes
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