Senate roll call 352 · 34th Congress · Feb 13, 1857
To table the resolution providing that the Senate shall meet at eleven a.m. For the remainder of the session.
On Feb 13, 1857, the Senate voted 20–24. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–14, Others 6–9, Republicans 0–1. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 13, 1857
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 14 no · 11 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
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Hamilton Fish 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
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
Other votes
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