To adjourn, during debate on a resolution relating to the illinois contested election case. (p.1668-2)

On Jul 18, 1856, the House voted 88–93. Result: failed. By party: Others 86–29, Democrats 2–64. 2 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 88
No: 93
Did not vote: 57
Date: Jul 18, 1856

By party

Others86 yes · 29 no · 37 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 64 no · 19 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
Jesse Olds Norton 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
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
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
Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
John Mason Parker O-NY
William Henry Kelsey O-NY
Benjamin Pringle O-NY
Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
Aaron Harlan O-OH
Benjamin Stanton O-OH
Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
Valentine Baxter Horton 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
Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
Lemuel Todd O-PA
Jonathan Knight O-PA
David Ritchie O-PA
Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
John Allison 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
Charles Billinghurst O-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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