Senate roll call 73 · 34th Congress · Jul 2, 1856
To amend S. 356, by allowing the people of said territory to exclude slavery or regulate it themselves.
On Jul 2, 1856, the Senate voted 11–34 (S 356). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–29, Others 9–5. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jul 2, 1856
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 29 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 5 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- 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
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- James Harlan O-IA
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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