Senate roll call 439 · 34th Congress · Mar 3, 1857
To amend H.R. 615, by appropriating $43,000 for the establishment of a steam ferry across the potpmac river at the site of the long bridge.
On Mar 3, 1857, the Senate voted 15–27 (HR 615). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–13, Others 3–13, Republicans 0–1. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 3, 1857
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 13 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- James Stephen Green D-MO voted yes
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Did not vote
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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