Senate roll call 446 · 34th Congress · Mar 3, 1857
To amend H.R. 848, by extending the benefits of the act to merchants of new orleans as well as those of new york.
On Mar 3, 1857, the Senate voted 18–21 (HR 848). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–8, Others 3–12, Republicans 0–1. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 3, 1857
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 12 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- 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
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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