House roll call 251 · 34th Congress · May 19, 1856
To pass H. J. RES. 16 providing for delivery of food by the navy to sufferers of cape de verde islands, when cargo is donated for gratuitious distribution. (p.
On May 19, 1856, the House voted 123–24 (HJR 16). Result: passed. By party: Others 97–2, Democrats 27–22. 22 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 123
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 90
- Date
- May 19, 1856
By party
- Others97 yes · 2 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 22 no · 36 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
- Hiram Warner D-GA voted no
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- Smith Miller D-IN voted no
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS voted no
- William Barksdale D-MS voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- Warren Winslow D-NC voted no
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
- John Cadwalader D-PA voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
- William Smith D-VA voted no
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Percy Walker O-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- James William Denver D-CA
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- John Woodruff O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- James Thorington O-IA
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-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
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton 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
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- James Pike O-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray 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
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson 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
- John Williams D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie 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
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright 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
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- William Aiken D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Did not vote
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox 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
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-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
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Other votes
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