Senate roll call 337 · 34th Congress · Feb 4, 1857
To recommit to the committee on foreign relations, the resolution relating to the treaty with great britain and ireland with respect to central america, conclud
On Feb 4, 1857, the Senate voted 36–7. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–2, Others 10–4, Republicans 0–1. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 36
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 4, 1857
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 2 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- 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
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-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
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Harlan O-IA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Did not vote
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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