Senate roll call 335 · 34th Congress · Jan 31, 1857
To amend H.R. 614, by appropriating $40,000 for the expenses of the indian service in washington territory.
On Jan 31, 1857, the Senate voted 23–14 (HR 614). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–4, Others 6–9, Republicans 0–1. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 31, 1857
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 4 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 9 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
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