House roll call 402 · 34th Congress · Aug 7, 1856
To resolve the house into the committee of the whole to take up H. R. 189, making appropriations for the naval service for the 1857 fiscal year. (p91970-1)
On Aug 7, 1856, the House voted 130–26. Result: passed. By party: Others 89–22, Democrats 41–4. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 130
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- Aug 7, 1856
By party
- Others89 yes · 22 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats41 yes · 4 no · 40 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James William Denver D-CA voted no
- Smith Miller D-IN voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted no
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-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
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-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
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Pike O-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert 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
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton 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
- William Millward O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-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
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James William Denver D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- James Thorington O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Edward Dodd 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
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Did not vote
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- George Vail D-NJ
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- John Kelly D-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
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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