Senate roll call 324 · 34th Congress · Jan 19, 1857
To amend H.R. 607, by repealing the seventh section of the act regulating the diplomatic and consular system approved aug. 18, 1856, thereby abolishing consular
On Jan 19, 1857, the Senate voted 23–12 (HR 607). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 9–12, Others 14–0. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jan 19, 1857
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 12 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- 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
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- 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
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
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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