Senate roll call 437 · 34th Congress · Mar 3, 1857
To amend an amendment to H.R. 615, by a provision that no duties or charges shall be imposed on railroad iron bars, other than custom house fees and charges.
On Mar 3, 1857, the Senate voted 10–38 (HR 615). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–22, Others 2–15, Republicans 0–1. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 10
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Mar 3, 1857
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 22 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 15 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- 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
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Did not vote
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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