House roll call 560 · 34th Congress · Jan 5, 1857
To suspend rules in order to consider resolution that the committees be called for reports for reference only, and no motion made under this order shall be subj
On Jan 5, 1857, the House voted 109–68. Result: passed. By party: Others 67–52, Democrats 42–15, Republicans 0–1. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 109
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 61
- Date
- Jan 5, 1857
By party
- Others67 yes · 52 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Democrats42 yes · 15 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL voted no
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS voted no
- William Barksdale D-MS voted no
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS voted no
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
- David Barclay D-PA voted no
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
- John Houston Savage D-TN voted no
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- James William Denver D-CA
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- James Pike 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
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson 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
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- William Aiken D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- 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
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Thorington O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Cumback O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
Did not vote
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Armor Bingham 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
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
Other votes
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