Senate roll call 17 · 34th Congress · Mar 17, 1856
To pass S. 1 (passed over veto, 7/8/1856), (11 stat. L. 25), a bill appropriating $45,000 for deepening the channel over the ST. Clair flats, michigan.
On Mar 17, 1856, the Senate voted 29–8 (S 1). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–8, Others 14–0. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 17, 1856
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Bell O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S. 1 (passed over veto, 7/8/1856)…: Senate Vote, Mar 17, 1856,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/34-S-17/to-pass-s-1-passed-over-veto-7-8 (accessed 2026-10-17).