House roll call 252 · 34th Congress · May 19, 1856
To suspend rules in order to consider resolution requesting President of U.S. To inform the house if he has any information of certain crimes against citizens
On May 19, 1856, the House voted 102–55. Result: passed. By party: Others 84–16, Democrats 18–39. 18 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 102
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 81
- Date
- May 19, 1856
By party
- Others84 yes · 16 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 39 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL voted yes
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
- William Hayden English D-IN voted yes
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted yes
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted yes
- George Washington Peck D-MI voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
- John Hickman D-PA voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted yes
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes
- William Smith D-VA voted yes
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- John Woodruff O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- James Thorington O-IA
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway 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
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- 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 Morrison Harris 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
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-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
- 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
- Henry Bennett 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
- 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
- Benjamin Stanton 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
- John Hickman D-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- Jonathan Knight 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 Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- John Kelly 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
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- William Osborne Goode 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
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
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope 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
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-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
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-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
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- William Millward O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- James Lawrence Orr 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
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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