That when the house adjourn today, it be to meet on monday next.

On Aug 29, 1856, the House voted 87–102. Result: failed. By party: Others 61–58, Democrats 26–44. 26 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 87
No: 102
Did not vote: 49
Date: Aug 29, 1856

By party

Others61 yes · 58 no · 33 didn’t vote
Democrats26 yes · 44 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted yes
Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
Albert Rust D-AR voted yes
James William Denver D-CA voted yes
Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL voted yes
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted yes
Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted yes
John Milton Sandidge D-LA voted yes
Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD voted yes
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted yes
John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
Daniel Boone Wright D-MS voted yes
William Barksdale D-MS voted yes
John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted yes
Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted yes
Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
George Vail D-NJ voted yes
John Wheeler D-NY voted yes
Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
David Barclay D-PA voted yes
William Waters Boyce D-SC voted yes
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted yes
William Smith D-VA voted yes
John Letcher D-VA voted yes
Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Percy Walker O-AL
William Russell Smith O-AL
Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
Albert Rust D-AR
James William Denver D-CA
Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
James Thorington O-IA
Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
Daniel Mace O-IN
Schuyler Colfax O-IN
Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
George Eustis Jr. O-LA
John Milton Sandidge D-LA
James Buffinton O-MA
Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
Timothy Davis O-MA
Alexander De Witt O-MA
Mark Trafton O-MA
Henry Winter Davis O-MD
Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
John M. Wood O-ME
Samuel Page Benson O-ME
Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
William Alanson Howard O-MI
David Safford Walbridge O-MI
Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
John Smith Phelps D-MO
Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
William Barksdale D-MS
William Augustus Lake O-MS
John Anthony Quitman D-MS
Francis Burton Craige D-NC
Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
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
Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
John Wheeler D-NY
Abram Wakeman O-NY
Killian Miller O-NY
Samuel Dickson O-NY
Edward Dodd O-NY
George Abel Simmons O-NY
Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
John Mason Parker O-NY
Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
John Sherman O-OH
Philemon Bliss O-OH
William Robinson Sapp O-OH
Edward Ball O-OH
Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
Edward Wade O-OH
Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
John Armor Bingham O-OH
Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
William Millward O-PA
Jacob Broom O-PA
James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
John Rufus Edie O-PA
John Covode O-PA
David Ritchie O-PA
John Allison O-PA
David Barclay D-PA
John Dick O-PA
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
William Waters Boyce D-SC
Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
William Osborne Goode D-VA
William Smith D-VA
John Letcher D-VA
Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
Alvah Sabin 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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