Senate roll call 13 · 34th Congress · Feb 28, 1856
To reconsider the vote by which the Senate agreed that when it adjourns today, it be to meet on monday.
On Feb 28, 1856, the Senate voted 26–10. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–2, Others 4–8. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 28, 1856
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 2 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- John Bell O-TN
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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