Senate roll call 323 · 34th Congress · Jan 19, 1857
To amend an amendment to H.R. 607, by providing for the repeal of so much of the act approved mar. 1, 1855 as requires that only citizens be appointed to consul
On Jan 19, 1857, the Senate voted 14–21 (HR 607). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–8, Others 2–13. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jan 19, 1857
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 8 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 13 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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