Senate roll call 241 · 34th Congress · Aug 15, 1856
To pass the resolution that ratifying on aug. 15, 1856 the treaty for the mutual delivery of criminals and fugitives from justice between the U.S. And austria,
On Aug 15, 1856, the Senate voted 36–8. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–8, Others 17–0. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 36
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Aug 15, 1856
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams 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
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- James Bell O-NH
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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