Senate roll call 379 · 34th Congress · Feb 25, 1857
To postpone prior orders to continue debate on S. 493.
On Feb 25, 1857, the Senate voted 23–34 (S 493). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–27, Others 13–6, Republicans 0–1. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Feb 25, 1857
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 27 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 6 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- 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
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- William Wright D-NJ
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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