Senate roll call 121 · 34th Congress · Jul 22, 1856
To consider the resolution that the notice given to denmark by the President to terminate the treaty relating to sound dues, is sufficient and no legislation is
On Jul 22, 1856, the Senate voted 16–20. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–6, Others 2–14. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jul 22, 1856
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 14 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- John Bell O-TN
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
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