Senate roll call 259 · 34th Congress · Aug 16, 1856
To determine whether the Senate will receive an amendment to H.R. 315, which amendment proposes to adjust the damages due e.h. Cormick and a.c. Ramsey on accoun
On Aug 16, 1856, the Senate voted 25–19 (HR 315). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–17, Others 15–2. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Aug 16, 1856
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 17 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
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