To agree to a resolution which provides that this house hereby declares its disapprobation of the said act of henry a. Edmundson and lawrence w. Keitt in regard

On Jul 15, 1856, the House voted 70–125. Result: failed. By party: Others 68–56, Democrats 2–70. 2 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 70
No: 125
Did not vote: 42
Date: Jul 15, 1856

By party

Others68 yes · 56 no · 28 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 70 no · 13 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Ezra Clark Jr. 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
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
Anson Burlingame O-MA
Timothy Davis O-MA
Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
Mark Trafton O-MA
John M. Wood O-ME
John Jasiel Perry O-ME
Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
Samuel Page Benson 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
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
Abram Wakeman O-NY
Ambrose Spencer Murray 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
Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
Henry Bennett O-NY
William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
William Henry Kelsey O-NY
Timothy Crane Day O-OH
Richard Mott O-OH
Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
Aaron Harlan O-OH
Benjamin Stanton O-OH
Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
Philemon Bliss O-OH
William Robinson Sapp O-OH
Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
Edward Wade O-OH
Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
John Armor Bingham O-OH
Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
John Allison O-PA
John Dick O-PA
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Charles Billinghurst O-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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