Senate roll call 387 · 34th Congress · Feb 25, 1857
To amend an amendment to S. 493, by giving to Congress the right to terminate contracts after five years instead of ten years.
On Feb 25, 1857, the Senate voted 19–20 (S 493). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–7, Others 3–12, Republicans 0–1. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 25, 1857
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 7 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 12 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- 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
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Harlan O-IA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- 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
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Bigler D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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