Senate roll call 355 · 34th Congress · Feb 16, 1857
To decide whether the words "or the felonious utterance of forged papers" shall stand as part of the treaty with the netherlands for the mutual delivery of crim
On Feb 16, 1857, the Senate voted 0–39. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–24, Others 0–14, Republicans 0–1.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 0
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 16, 1857
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 24 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
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
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- 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
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
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