Senate roll call 359 · 34th Congress · Feb 17, 1857
To amend H.R. 782, by providing that the chief increase in pay would go to the lower paid officers.
On Feb 17, 1857, the Senate voted 17–31 (HR 782). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–18, Others 2–12, Republicans 0–1. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Feb 17, 1857
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 18 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 12 no · 10 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
- William King Sebastian 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
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH 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
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-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
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans 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
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- 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
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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