Senate roll call 371 · 34th Congress · Feb 23, 1857
To postpone until mar. 5th next, consideration of the appointment of james o. Harrison as chief justice of kansas.
On Feb 23, 1857, the Senate voted 23–26. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–12, Others 5–13, Republicans 0–1. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 23, 1857
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 12 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 13 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
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
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright 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
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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