Senate roll call 402 · 34th Congress · Feb 27, 1857
To concur in a separate vote on the amendment to H.R. 636, which amendment authorizes the postmaster general to contract for the conveyance of mail from certain
On Feb 27, 1857, the Senate voted 24–10 (HR 636). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–7, Others 11–3, Republicans 1–0. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 27, 1857
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 7 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- 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
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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