Senate roll call 396 · 34th Congress · Feb 26, 1857
To amend an amendment to H.R. 566 by raising the duty on wool from 8% to 23%.
On Feb 26, 1857, the Senate voted 26–23 (HR 566). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–16, Others 9–7, Republicans 1–0. 16 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 26, 1857
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 16 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-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
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- James Harlan O-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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