House roll call 525 · 34th Congress · Dec 4, 1856
To adjourn, during debate on the appeal from the decision of the chair that the President's message cannot be read until the present matter is disposed of. (p.
On Dec 4, 1856, the House voted 99–95. Result: passed. By party: Others 35–90, Democrats 64–4, Republicans 0–1. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 99
- No
- 95
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Dec 4, 1856
By party
- Others35 yes · 90 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats64 yes · 4 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted no
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow 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
- James William Denver D-CA
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Thorington O-IA
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley 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
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Vail D-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks 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
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- 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
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- 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
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins 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
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-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
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Russell Sage 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
- 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
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton 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
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
Did not vote
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Other votes
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