Senate roll call 151 · 34th Congress · Jul 31, 1856
To pass S. 20, a bill appropriating $10,000 to continue the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of the black river, ohio. (globe reads, to engross and order
On Jul 31, 1856, the Senate voted 24–11 (S 20). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 9–10, Others 15–1. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jul 31, 1856
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 10 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Bell O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- William Bigler D-PA
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- 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
- 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
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead 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
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Other votes
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