Senate roll call 422 · 34th Congress · Mar 2, 1857
To amend an amendment to H.R. 616, by eliminating all of the amendment proposing to establish a military academy at mount vernon, except the appropriation of $5
On Mar 2, 1857, the Senate voted 18–28 (HR 616). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–22, Others 10–6, Republicans 1–0. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Mar 2, 1857
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 22 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-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
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- 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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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