House roll call 306 · 34th Congress · Jul 3, 1856
Shall to main question now be put, on the motion to reconsider the vote by which the house refused to pass H. R. 411.
On Jul 3, 1856, the House voted 101–98 (HR 411). Result: passed. By party: Others 97–32, Democrats 4–66. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 101
- No
- 98
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Jul 3, 1856
By party
- Others97 yes · 32 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 66 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
- John Hickman D-PA voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch 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
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- James Pike O-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Edward Dodd 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
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- William Millward 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
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- John Covode 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
- 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
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James William Denver D-CA
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-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
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Did not vote
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- John M. Wood O-ME
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- James Bishop O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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