House roll call 479 · 34th Congress · Aug 27, 1856
To adjourn, during debate on a resolution that the committee on ways and means be instructed to report H. R. 153, bill for the support of the army for fiscal 18
On Aug 27, 1856, the House voted 67–119 (HR 153). Result: failed. By party: Others 62–54, Democrats 5–65. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 67
- No
- 119
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Aug 27, 1856
By party
- Others62 yes · 54 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 65 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
- 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
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- 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
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- John M. Wood O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- James Bishop O-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett 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
- 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
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- 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
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-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
- Humphrey Marshall O-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
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- 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
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- 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
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- 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
- 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
Did not vote
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Thorington O-IA
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall 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
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- 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
- James Pike O-NH
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-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
- William Millward O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
Other votes
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