Senate roll call 409 · 34th Congress · Feb 28, 1857
To amend H.R. 606, by paying to the late secretary of madrid, for acting as charge d' affairs during the years 1852 to 1855 the difference between his regular s
On Feb 28, 1857, the Senate voted 28–11 (HR 606). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–10, Others 12–1, Republicans 1–0. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 28, 1857
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 10 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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