House roll call 480 · 34th Congress · Aug 27, 1856
To adjourn during debate on resolution that committee of ways and means be instructed to report H. R. 153.
On Aug 27, 1856, the House voted 86–99 (HR 153). Result: failed. By party: Others 82–36, Democrats 4–63. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 86
- No
- 99
- Did not vote
- 53
- Date
- Aug 27, 1856
By party
- Others82 yes · 36 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 63 no · 18 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
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty 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
- 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
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Dick O-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
- 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
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott 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
- 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
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- 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
- George Vail D-NJ
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-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
- 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
- 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
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-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
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley 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
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Abram Wakeman 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
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- William Smith 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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