Senate roll call 358 · 34th Congress · Feb 17, 1857
To amend H.R. 782, by prohibiting additional or double rations for the commanders of posts after the passage of the above bill and repealing all contrary laws.
On Feb 17, 1857, the Senate voted 19–28 (HR 782). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–16, Others 4–11, Republicans 0–1. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 17, 1857
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- 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 Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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