Senate roll call 41 · 34th Congress · Apr 22, 1856
To amend H.R. 8, by providing that claims to such lands may be based on verbal evidence, if no records exist under such regulations as commissioner of pensions
On Apr 22, 1856, the Senate voted 15–26 (HR 8). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–15, Others 4–11. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Apr 22, 1856
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 15 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- Asa Biggs D-NC voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart 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
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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