House roll call 621 · 34th Congress · Feb 12, 1857
To table resolution that two members of the house, appointed by the house, and one member of the Senate wait on and inform james buchanan of his election as pre
On Feb 12, 1857, the House voted 24–167. Result: failed. By party: Others 20–101, Democrats 4–65, Republicans 0–1. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 167
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Feb 12, 1857
By party
- Others20 yes · 101 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 65 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA voted yes
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted yes
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- James Buffinton O-MA
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- James Bishop O-NJ
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- William Millward O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Percy Walker O-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- 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
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- 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
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Alexander De Witt 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 M. Wood O-ME
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- 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
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-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
- George Vail D-NJ
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- 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
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- 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
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Did not vote
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
Other votes
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