Senate roll call 253 · 34th Congress · Aug 15, 1856
To amend H.R. 201, by providing for payment to mississippi of its claims for public lands used for indian reservations.
On Aug 15, 1856, the Senate voted 18–21 (HR 201). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–10, Others 4–11. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Aug 15, 1856
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 10 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Charles Durkee O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- 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
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- James Bell O-NH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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