To amend a Senate amendment to H. R. 202, so as to forbid appropriations being expended for punishment or detention of persons accused of offense against the la

On Aug 14, 1856, the House voted 92–85 (HR 202). Result: passed. By party: Others 88–25, Democrats 4–60. 4 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 92
No: 85
Did not vote: 61
Date: Aug 14, 1856

By party

Others88 yes · 25 no · 39 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 60 no · 21 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
Andrew Oliver D-NY 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
John Woodruff O-CT
Sidney Dean O-CT
William Wickham Welch O-CT
James Thorington O-IA
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
Harvey David Scott O-IN
Schuyler Colfax O-IN
Samuel Brenton O-IN
John Upfold Pettit O-IN
Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
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
John Jasiel Perry O-ME
Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
Samuel Page Benson O-ME
Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
William Alanson Howard O-MI
Henry Waldron O-MI
David Safford Walbridge O-MI
James Pike O-NH
Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
James Bishop O-NJ
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
Bayard Clarke O-NY
Ambrose Spencer Murray 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
Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty 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
Benjamin Pringle O-NY
Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
Richard Mott O-OH
Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
Aaron Harlan O-OH
Benjamin Stanton O-OH
Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
Samuel Galloway 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
Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
John Christian Kunkel O-PA
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
Lemuel Todd O-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
Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Charles Billinghurst O-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend a Senate amendment to H. R. 202, so…: House Vote, Aug 14…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/34-H-424/to-amend-a-senate-amendment-to-h-r-202 (accessed 2026-10-17).