Senate roll call 344 · 34th Congress · Feb 7, 1857
To pass S. 349. A bill proposing to pay $12,000 with interest from 1839 to jean b. And pelagie faribault for the full payment of their claim to the island at TH
On Feb 7, 1857, the Senate voted 31–7 (S 349). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–7, Others 13–0, Republicans 1–0. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 7, 1857
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 7 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson 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
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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