To agree to the preamble of resolution relating to the assault on senator sumner, which states that henry edmondson did not have previous knowledge of said assa

On Jul 15, 1856, the House voted 104–83. Result: passed. By party: Others 99–21, Democrats 5–63. 5 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 104
No: 83
Did not vote: 50
Date: Jul 15, 1856

By party

Others99 yes · 21 no · 32 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 63 no · 17 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
Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI 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
Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
James Thorington O-IA
Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
James Knox O-IL
George Grundy Dunn O-IN
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
Alexander De Witt 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
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
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington 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
Samuel Dickson O-NY
Edward Dodd O-NY
George Abel Simmons 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
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
Solomon George Haven 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
Benjamin Stanton O-OH
Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
Oscar Fitzallen Moore 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
John Hickman D-PA
Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
Lemuel Todd O-PA
David Fullerton Robison O-PA
John Rufus Edie O-PA
John Covode O-PA
Jonathan Knight O-PA
David Ritchie O-PA
Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
John Allison O-PA
John Dick O-PA
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
Alvah Sabin O-VT
Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Charles Billinghurst O-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to the preamble of resolution…: House Vote, Jul 15, 1856,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/34-H-336/to-agree-to-the-preamble-of-resolution-relating-to (accessed 2026-10-17).