Senate roll call 329 · 34th Congress · Jan 23, 1857
To amend H.R. 757, by eliminating the provision to give immunity from criminal prosecution to witnesses who testify in Congress.
On Jan 23, 1857, the Senate voted 5–40 (HR 757). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–27, Others 3–13. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jan 23, 1857
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 27 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
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
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- 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
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- 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
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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