House roll call 664 · 34th Congress · Feb 24, 1857
To suspend the rules in order to consider resolution that salaries of house members elected to fill vacancies in the 34th Congress be computed from the day thei
On Feb 24, 1857, the House voted 104–76. Result: passed. By party: Others 67–55, Democrats 37–21. 21 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 104
- No
- 76
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- Feb 24, 1857
By party
- Others67 yes · 55 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats37 yes · 21 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- Smith Miller D-IN voted no
- William Hayden English D-IN voted no
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted no
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- John Wheeler D-NY voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
- William Smith D-VA voted no
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James William Denver D-CA
- Ezra Clark Jr. O-CT
- John Woodruff O-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- William Alanson Howard O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch D-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
- George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
- James Bishop O-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
- John Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Russell Sage 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
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Francis Smith Edwards O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Sidney Dean O-CT
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- James Thorington O-IA
- James Knox O-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- John M. Wood O-ME
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Timothy Crane Day O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- John Sherman O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Did not vote
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Philemon Thomas Herbert D-CA
- William Wickham Welch O-CT
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Warren Winslow D-NC
- Edwin Godwin Reade O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- James Pike O-NH
- George Vail D-NJ
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- William Millward O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- John Hickman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- James Meacham O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Other votes
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