Senate roll call 411 · 34th Congress · Feb 28, 1857
To concur in the amendment to H.R. 606, which amendment increases the salary of the judge of southern district of california from $2,800 per year to $4,500 per
On Feb 28, 1857, the Senate voted 5–26 (HR 606). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–15, Others 0–10, Republicans 0–1. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 28, 1857
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 15 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 10 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
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
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- 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
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To concur in the amendment to H.R. 606…: Senate Vote, Feb 28, 1857,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/34-S-411/to-concur-in-the-amendment-to-h-r-606 (accessed 2026-10-17).