Senate roll call 90 · 34th Congress · Jul 8, 1856
To amend H.R. 411, by eliminating all after the enacting clause and inserting new sections to provide for confirmation of the election franchise to citizens of
On Jul 8, 1856, the Senate voted 32–13 (HR 411). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–3, Others 6–10. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jul 8, 1856
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 10 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- James Alfred Pearce 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
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- James Bell O-NH
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
- 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
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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