Senate roll call 43 · 34th Congress · Apr 22, 1856
To amend H.R. 8, by adding a provision that when an organized body of soldiers marched more than 20 miles to the place where they were mustered into service or
On Apr 22, 1856, the Senate voted 19–18 (HR 8). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–11, Others 8–7. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Apr 22, 1856
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 11 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 7 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- William Bigler D-PA voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- 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
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Jesse David Bright 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
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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