To pass the resolution that no man is to be elected speaker who does not wish the restoration of the repealed restriction against slavery in the territories of

On Jan 26, 1856, the House voted 102–103. Result: failed. By party: Others 98–36, Democrats 4–67. 4 members voted against their own party.

During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.

Yes: 102
No: 103
Did not vote: 33
Date: Jan 26, 1856

By party

Others98 yes · 36 no · 18 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 67 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS voted yes
Francis Elias Spinner D-NY voted yes
Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

John Woodruff O-CT
Sidney Dean O-CT
William Wickham Welch O-CT
James Thorington O-IA
Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
James Hutchinson Woodworth O-IL
Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
James Knox O-IL
George Grundy Dunn O-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
John Upfold Pettit O-IN
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
John M. Wood O-ME
John Jasiel Perry O-ME
Ebenezer Knowlton O-ME
Samuel Page Benson O-ME
Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
William Alanson Howard O-MI
Henry Waldron O-MI
David Safford Walbridge O-MI
Hendley Stone Bennett D-MS
James Pike O-NH
Mason Weare Tappan O-NH
Aaron Harrison Cragin O-NH
Isaiah Dunn Clawson O-NJ
George Robbins Robbins O-NJ
James Bishop O-NJ
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
James Samuel Thomas Stranahan O-NY
Guy Ray Pelton O-NY
Abram Wakeman 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
Francis Elias Spinner D-NY
Thomas Raymond Horton O-NY
Orsamus Benajah Matteson 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
Benjamin Pringle O-NY
Timothy Crane Day O-OH
John Scott Harrison O-OH
Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
Matthias H. Nichols O-OH
Richard Mott 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
William Robinson Sapp O-OH
Edward Ball O-OH
Charles Jefferson Albright O-OH
Benjamin Franklin Leiter O-OH
Edward Wade O-OH
Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
John Armor Bingham O-OH
Samuel Carey Bradshaw O-PA
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts O-PA
John Christian Kunkel O-PA
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
Lemuel Todd O-PA
John Rufus Edie O-PA
John Covode O-PA
Jonathan Knight 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
James Meacham O-VT
Justin Smith Morrill O-VT
Alvah Sabin O-VT
Cadwallader Colden Washburn O-WI
Charles Billinghurst O-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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