House roll call 673 · 34th Congress · Feb 26, 1857
To table H. R. 634 (11 stat. 191, app. 3/3/1857), making appropriations for the fortifications and other works of defense, and for repair of barracks and quarte
On Feb 26, 1857, the House voted 48–122 (HR 634). Result: failed. By party: Others 33–79, Democrats 15–45, Republicans 0–1. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 48
- No
- 122
- Did not vote
- 65
- Date
- Feb 26, 1857
By party
- Others33 yes · 79 no · 40 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 45 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA voted yes
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL voted yes
- William Hayden English D-IN voted yes
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY voted yes
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY voted yes
- John Milton Elliott D-KY voted yes
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted yes
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN voted yes
- John Houston Savage D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- John Henry Lumpkin D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- Jacob Cunningham Davis D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- William Cumback O-IN
- David Pierson Holloway O-IN
- Lucien Barbour O-IN
- Harvey David Scott O-IN
- Daniel Mace O-IN
- Schuyler Colfax O-IN
- Samuel Brenton O-IN
- Henry Cornelius Burnett D-KY
- Joshua Husband Jewett D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Humphrey Marshall O-KY
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp O-MA
- John Jasiel Perry O-ME
- Henry Waldron O-MI
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- James Pike O-NH
- Ambrose Spencer Murray O-NY
- Edward Dodd O-NY
- Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Andrew Zimmerman Mccarty O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
- Richard Mott O-OH
- Jonas Reece Emrie O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Benjamin Stanton O-OH
- Samuel Galloway O-OH
- Philemon Bliss O-OH
- Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Jonathan Knight O-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Albert Galiton Watkins D-TN
- John Houston Savage D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Percy Walker O-AL
- Eli Sims Shorter D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- William Russell Smith O-AL
- George Smith Houston 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
- Elisha Dickerson Cullen O-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Hiram Warner D-GA
- Augustus Hall D-IA
- James Knox O-IL
- Thomas Langrell Harris D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- George Grundy Dunn O-IN
- John Upfold Pettit O-IN
- John Pierce Campbell Jr. O-KY
- Warner Lewis Underwood O-KY
- George Eustis Jr. O-LA
- Miles Taylor D-LA
- Thomas Green Davidson D-LA
- Robert Bernard Hall O-MA
- James Buffinton O-MA
- William Shapleigh Damrell O-MA
- Linus Bacon Comins O-MA
- Timothy Davis O-MA
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee O-MA
- James Augustus Stewart D-MD
- James Morrison Harris O-MD
- Henry Winter Davis O-MD
- Henry William Hoffman O-MD
- John M. Wood 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
- David Safford Walbridge O-MI
- George Washington Peck D-MI
- Gilchrist Porter O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
- John Anthony Quitman D-MS
- 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
- 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 Kelly D-NY
- Thomas Richard Whitney O-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Bayard Clarke O-NY
- Rufus H. King O-NY
- Killian Miller O-NY
- Samuel Dickson O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
- Jonas Abbott Hughston O-NY
- John Mason Parker O-NY
- William Henry Kelsey O-NY
- John Williams D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle 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
- Cooper Kinderdine Watson O-OH
- Oscar Fitzallen Moore O-OH
- Valentine Baxter Horton O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- John Armor Bingham O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Job Roberts Tyson O-PA
- William Millward O-PA
- Jacob Broom O-PA
- John Cadwalader D-PA
- Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
- James Hepburn Campbell O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Lemuel Todd O-PA
- John Rufus Edie O-PA
- John Covode O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance O-PA
- John Allison O-PA
- David Barclay D-PA
- Nathaniel Briggs Durfee O-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston O-RI
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Henry Sneed O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Vines Wright D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Lemuel Dale Evans O-TX
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Snyder Carlile O-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- George Tisdale Hodges R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Charles Billinghurst O-WI
Did not vote
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Albert Rust D-AR
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford D-GA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe O-GA
- Howell Cobb D-GA
- Nathaniel Greene Foster O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- James Thorington O-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Lowry Donaldson Morrison D-IL
- Samuel Scott Marshall D-IL
- Albert Gallatin Talbott D-KY
- Alexander Keith Marshall O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Samuel Franklin Swope O-KY
- John Milton Sandidge D-LA
- Anson Burlingame O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Mark Trafton O-MA
- James Barroll Ricaud O-MD
- Thomas Fielder Bowie D-MD
- Luther Martin Kennett O-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Thomas Peter Akers O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Augustus Lake O-MS
- Robert Treat Paine O-NC
- Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
- Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- William Weightman Valk O-NY
- Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
- Thomas Child Jr. O-NY
- Abram Wakeman O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- William Augustus Gilbert O-NY
- Amos Phelps Granger O-NY
- John Sherman O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Hickman D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
- John Christian Kunkel O-PA
- Henry Mills Fuller O-PA
- John Jamison Pearce O-PA
- David Fullerton Robison O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Thomas Rivers O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
Other votes
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