To amend H. R. 189 (11 stet. 44, 8/16/1856), appropriating for the naval service for the 1857 fiscal year, so that an additional $15,000 is appropriated for pri

On Aug 7, 1856, the House voted 77–62 (HR 189). Result: passed. By party: Others 77–19, Democrats 0–43.

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

Yes: 77
No: 62
Did not vote: 99
Date: Aug 7, 1856

By party

Others77 yes · 19 no · 56 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 43 no · 42 didn’t vote

How each representative voted: Yes

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
William Cumback O-IN
David Pierson Holloway O-IN
Lucien Barbour O-IN
Schuyler Colfax O-IN
John Upfold Pettit O-IN
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
Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
Samuel Page Benson O-ME
Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
Henry Waldron O-MI
David Safford Walbridge O-MI
Gilchrist Porter O-MO
Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
James Pike O-NH
Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
William Weightman Valk O-NY
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
Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
Orsamus Benajah Matteson 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
Benjamin Pringle O-NY
Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
Aaron Harlan O-OH
Benjamin Stanton O-OH
Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
John Sherman O-OH
Philemon Bliss O-OH
William Robinson Sapp O-OH
Edward Ball O-OH
Edward Wade O-OH
Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
John Christian Kunkel O-PA
James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
John Jamison Pearce O-PA
Lemuel Todd O-PA
John Rufus Edie 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
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
Alvah Sabin O-VT
Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 189 (11 stet. 44, 8/16/1856)…: House Vote, Aug 7, 1856,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/34-H-403/to-amend-h-r-189-11-stet-44-8 (accessed 2026-10-17).