Senate roll call 1 · 34th Congress · Jan 3, 1856
To table the resolution to print 10,500 extra copies of the annual report on the state of the government finances for use of the Senate, and treasury department
On Jan 3, 1856, the Senate voted 18–23. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–12, Others 7–11. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jan 3, 1856
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 12 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 11 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To table the resolution to print 10,500…: Senate Vote, Jan 3, 1856,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/34-S-1/to-table-the-resolution-to-print-10-500-extra (accessed 2026-10-16).