Senate roll call 6 · 34th Congress · Feb 11, 1856
To remove the injunction of secrecy from the proceedings of the Senate on the nomination of a.g. Seaman to be superintendent of public printing.
On Feb 11, 1856, the Senate voted 21–23. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–18, Others 11–5. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 11, 1856
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 18 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted yes
- David Levy Yulee D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Charles Durkee O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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