House roll call 550 · 34th Congress · Dec 22, 1856
To elect a chaplain. Votes for waldo are coded 1, for moore 2, for gurley, 5, for doggett, 6, for stockton, and for all others, 8.
On Dec 22, 1856, the House voted 107–12. Result: passed. By party: Others 101–10, Democrats 28–23, Republicans 1–0. 23 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 107
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Dec 22, 1856
By party
- Others101 yes · 10 no · 41 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 23 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- James William Denver D-CA voted no
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL voted no
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA voted no
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- Howell Cobb D-GA voted no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA voted no
- Smith Miller D-IN voted no
- Miles Taylor D-LA voted no
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA voted no
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- Asa Packer D-PA voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted no
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC voted no
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Thorington O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- 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
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- 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
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Bayard Clarke 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
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert 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
- John Williams D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts 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
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- William Aiken D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- William Smith D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James William Denver D-CA
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Smith Miller D-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Did not vote
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- James Pike O-NH
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- John Hickman D-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
Other votes
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