Senate roll call 427 · 34th Congress · Mar 3, 1857
To table the appeal from decision of the chair, made during consideration of resolution to appoint james simons as assistant surgeon in the army, which decision
On Mar 3, 1857, the Senate voted 18–18. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–13, Others 8–5, Republicans 1–0. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 3, 1857
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 13 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 5 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI 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
- William Bigler D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- 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 McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
Did not vote
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- 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
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Richard Brodhead 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
- John Bell O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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