House roll call 357 · 34th Congress · Jul 23, 1856
To table resolution to print 20,000 extra copies of the majority and minority report of the kansas investigating committee together with the journal of said com
On Jul 23, 1856, the House voted 66–84. Result: failed. By party: Others 28–81, Democrats 38–3. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 66
- No
- 84
- Did not vote
- 88
- Date
- Jul 23, 1856
By party
- Others28 yes · 81 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Democrats38 yes · 3 no · 44 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted no
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- James William Denver D-CA
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- William Cumback 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
- 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
- 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
- Russell Sage 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
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty 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
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- John Sherman 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
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-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
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
Did not vote
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Thorington O-IA
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- James Bishop O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Other votes
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