Senate roll call 318 · 34th Congress · Jan 15, 1857
To amend H.R. 154, by providing for the payment of interest on all claims from the date the commutation certificates were issued.
On Jan 15, 1857, the Senate voted 9–35 (HR 154). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–27, Others 9–8.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 15, 1857
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 27 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 8 no · 7 didn’t vote
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- James Bell O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- 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
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- 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
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson 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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