To pass S. 438 (11 stat. 467, app. 8/18/1856), for the claim of thomas h. Baird. (p.2237-2)

On Aug 18, 1856, the House voted 103–64 (S 438). Result: passed. By party: Others 94–23, Democrats 9–41. 9 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 103
No: 64
Did not vote: 71
Date: Aug 18, 1856

By party

Others94 yes · 23 no · 35 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 41 no · 35 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA voted yes
Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted yes
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted yes
George Vail D-NJ voted yes
Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
John Williams D-NY voted yes
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
John Cadwalader D-PA voted yes
David Barclay D-PA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Percy Walker O-AL
Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
John Woodruff O-CT
William Wickham Welch O-CT
Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
James Thorington O-IA
Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
William Cumback O-IN
Lucien Barbour O-IN
Harvey David Scott O-IN
Daniel Mace O-IN
Samuel Brenton O-IN
John Upfold Pettit O-IN
Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
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
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
Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
Samuel Page Benson O-ME
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
William Alanson Howard O-MI
Henry Waldron O-MI
William Augustus Lake O-MS
James Pike O-NH
Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
James Bishop O-NJ
George Vail D-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
Samuel Dickson O-NY
George Abel Simmons O-NY
Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
John Mason Parker O-NY
William Henry Kelsey O-NY
John Williams D-NY
Benjamin Pringle O-NY
Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
John Scott Harrison O-OH
Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
Richard Mott O-OH
Benjamin Stanton O-OH
Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
Samuel Galloway O-OH
John Sherman O-OH
Philemon Bliss O-OH
William Robinson Sapp O-OH
Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
Edward Wade O-OH
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
William Millward O-PA
Jacob Broom O-PA
John Cadwalader D-PA
Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
John Christian Kunkel O-PA
James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
John Jamison Pearce O-PA
John Rufus Edie O-PA
John Covode O-PA
Jonathan Knight O-PA
David Ritchie O-PA
John Allison O-PA
David Barclay D-PA
John Dick O-PA
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
William Henry Sneed O-TN
Charles Ready O-TN
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
Emerson Etheridge O-TN
Thomas Rivers O-TN
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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