Senate roll call 441 · 34th Congress · Mar 3, 1857
To amend H.R. 615, by appropriating specified sums for post offices and court houses in certain cities.
On Mar 3, 1857, the Senate voted 22–13 (HR 615). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–5, Others 6–7, Republicans 0–1. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 3, 1857
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 5 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- 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
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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