House roll call 361 · 34th Congress · Jul 25, 1856
That the house go into the committee of the whole on the state of the union in order to take up and dispose of the army appropriation bill. (p.1759-1)
On Jul 25, 1856, the House voted 58–104. Result: failed. By party: Others 19–92, Democrats 39–12. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 58
- No
- 104
- Did not vote
- 76
- Date
- Jul 25, 1856
By party
- Others19 yes · 92 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats39 yes · 12 no · 34 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James William Denver D-CA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted no
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted no
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted no
- George Washington Peck D-MI voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted no
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
- John Williams D-NY voted no
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX voted no
- William Smith D-VA voted no
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Thomas Langrell Harris 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
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- George Vail D-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- William Aiken D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James William Denver D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- James Thorington O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- William Cumback O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Abram Wakeman 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
- John Williams D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp 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
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- William Smith D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- 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
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Knox O-IL
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-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
- James Pike O-NH
- James Bishop O-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- William Millward 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
- 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
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Other votes
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