House roll call 400 · 34th Congress · Aug 6, 1856
To amend H. R. 202, so that appropriation for defraying the expenses of the supreme court, etc., shall be paid only if no part of the money shall be expended fo
On Aug 6, 1856, the House voted 82–60 (HR 202). Result: passed. By party: Others 77–14, Democrats 5–46. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 82
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 96
- Date
- Aug 6, 1856
By party
- Others77 yes · 14 no · 61 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 46 no · 34 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
- David Barclay D-PA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins 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
- 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
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston 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
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- William Millward O-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Bishop O-NJ
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- William Henry Sneed 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
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Did not vote
- Percy Walker O-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- James William Denver D-CA
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- John Woodruff O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Thorington O-IA
- James Knox O-IL
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-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
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- George Vail D-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- 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
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Other votes
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