House roll call 417 · 34th Congress · Aug 12, 1856
To postpone consideration of H. R. 14, for the benefit of the pacific railroad company incorporated by the state of missouri, until the second monday of next de
On Aug 12, 1856, the House voted 89–88 (HR 14). Result: passed. By party: Others 44–72, Democrats 45–16. 16 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 89
- No
- 88
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Aug 12, 1856
By party
- Others44 yes · 72 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats45 yes · 16 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted no
- Albert Rust D-AR voted no
- James William Denver D-CA voted no
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA voted no
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL voted no
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL voted no
- John Milton Elliott D-KY voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- John Kelly D-NY voted no
- John Williams D-NY voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Percy Walker O-AL
- 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
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- 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
- John M. Wood O-ME
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- William Barksdale 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
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- John Cadwalader D-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 Rufus Edie O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright 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
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James William Denver D-CA
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- James Thorington O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge 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
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- James Pike O-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-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
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
Did not vote
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-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
- Smith Miller D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- James Bishop O-NJ
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
Other votes
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