House roll call 335 · 34th Congress · Jul 15, 1856
To pass a resolution providing that the house hereby declares its disapprobation of the said act of the said henry a. Edmundson in regard to the said assault.
On Jul 15, 1856, the House voted 60–136. Result: failed. By party: Others 59–67, Democrats 1–69. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 60
- No
- 136
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Jul 15, 1856
By party
- Others59 yes · 67 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 69 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY 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
- 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
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- John M. Wood O-ME
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton 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
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-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
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan 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
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill 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
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- 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
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- 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
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-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
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- 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
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- 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
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce 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
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- 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
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Did not vote
- James William Denver D-CA
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- James Bishop O-NJ
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
Other votes
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