Senate roll call 201 · 34th Congress · Aug 11, 1856
To postpone until the next day the resolution requesting the President to send to the Senate copies of the letters and vouchers submitted in support of the clai
On Aug 11, 1856, the Senate voted 22–24. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–19, Others 11–5. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Aug 11, 1856
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 19 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- 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
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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