Senate roll call 317 · 34th Congress · Jan 15, 1857
To amend H.R. 154, by providing for payment of claims of officers to their children, or grandchildren.
On Jan 15, 1857, the Senate voted 38–8 (HR 154). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–4, Others 14–4. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 38
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jan 15, 1857
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- 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
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Harlan O-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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