House roll call 477 · 34th Congress · Aug 27, 1856
To call roll during debate on H. R. 241, a bill to amend an act to graduate and reduce the price of public land to actual settlers, and cultivators, approved au
On Aug 27, 1856, the House voted 86–98 (HR 241). Result: failed. By party: Others 23–92, Democrats 63–6. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 86
- No
- 98
- Did not vote
- 54
- Date
- Aug 27, 1856
By party
- Others23 yes · 92 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Democrats63 yes · 6 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS voted no
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC voted no
- George Vail D-NJ voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
- David Barclay D-PA 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
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James William Denver D-CA
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Alexander De Witt 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
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- James Pike O-NH
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Russell Sage 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
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- 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
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison 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
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
Did not vote
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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