That when the house adjourns today, it adjourn to meet on monday next. (p.1343-2; 1344-182)

On May 29, 1856, the House voted 65–69. Result: failed. By party: Others 27–62, Democrats 38–7. 7 members voted against their own party.

During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.

Yes: 65
No: 69
Did not vote: 104
Date: May 29, 1856

By party

Others27 yes · 62 no · 63 didn’t vote
Democrats38 yes · 7 no · 40 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL voted no
John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
William Smith D-VA voted no
Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
William Russell Smith O-AL
George Smith Houston D-AL
Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
Albert Rust D-AR
James William Denver D-CA
William Wickham Welch O-CT
James Lindsay Seward D-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
William Alexander Richardson D-IL
Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
James Cameron Allen D-IL
James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
George Grundy Dunn O-IN
David Pierson Holloway 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
Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
James Augustus Stewart D-MD
Henry Winter Davis O-MD
Henry William Hoffman O-MD
William Alanson Howard O-MI
Henry Waldron O-MI
George Washington Peck D-MI
Luther Martin Kennett 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
James Pike O-NH
Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
James Bishop O-NJ
George Vail D-NJ
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
William Weightman Valk O-NY
James Samuel Thomas Stranahan 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
Abram Wakeman O-NY
Bayard Clarke O-NY
Rufus H. King O-NY
George Abel Simmons O-NY
Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
Andrew Oliver D-NY
John Mason Parker O-NY
Richard Mott O-OH
Aaron Harlan O-OH
Benjamin Stanton O-OH
Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
John Sherman O-OH
Edward Ball O-OH
Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
John Armor Bingham O-OH
William Millward O-PA
Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
Asa Packer D-PA
John Jamison Pearce O-PA
David Fullerton Robison O-PA
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
James Lawrence Orr 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
Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
Thomas Henry Bayly 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
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
James Meacham O-VT
Alvah Sabin O-VT

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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