Senate roll call 191 · 34th Congress · Aug 7, 1856
To amend H.R. 153 by providing for the recall of government arms heretofore distributed to the militia and people of the territory of kansas, instead of providi
On Aug 7, 1856, the Senate voted 13–28 (HR 153). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–23, Others 12–6. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Aug 7, 1856
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 23 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Bell O-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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