Senate roll call 421 · 34th Congress · Mar 2, 1857
To amend H.R. 616, by authorizing the President to confer the title of brevet lieutenant general on general scott, who shall not have more than two aides and on
On Mar 2, 1857, the Senate voted 27–23 (HR 616). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 9–24, Others 19–1, Republicans 1–0. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Mar 2, 1857
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 24 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others19 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted yes
- William Bigler D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-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
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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