House roll call 282 · 34th Congress · May 29, 1856
To pass S. 217, a bill to continue land offices at vincennes indiana and dubuque, iowa and to ascertain and adjust the titles to certain lands in indiana and il
On May 29, 1856, the House voted 57–64 (S 217). Result: failed. By party: Others 43–37, Democrats 14–27. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 57
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 117
- Date
- May 29, 1856
By party
- Others43 yes · 37 no · 72 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 27 no · 44 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL voted yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA voted yes
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL voted yes
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted yes
- Smith Miller D-IN voted yes
- William Hayden English D-IN voted yes
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted yes
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted yes
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted yes
- William Barksdale D-MS voted yes
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted yes
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- James Thorington O-IA
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- 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
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Pike O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
Did not vote
- Percy Walker O-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James William Denver D-CA
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens 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
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- William Aiken D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright 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
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
Other votes
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