Senate roll call 33 · 34th Congress · Apr 10, 1856
To postpone debate on the printing of the memorial of persons representing themselves as members of the general assembly of kansas, in order to proceed to consi
On Apr 10, 1856, the Senate voted 17–25. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–23, Others 10–2. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Apr 10, 1856
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 23 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 2 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- John Bell O-TN
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-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
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
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