Senate roll call 96 · 34th Congress · Jul 14, 1856
To adjourn.
On Jul 14, 1856, the Senate voted 13–26 (S 113). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–18, Others 7–8. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jul 14, 1856
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 18 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 8 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA voted yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Jacob Collamer 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
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- James Bell O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Charles Durkee O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.