House roll call 119 · 33rd Congress · Apr 11, 1854
To table H.R. 102, granting lands equally to the several states to aid in the construction of railroads and schools.
On Apr 11, 1854, the House voted 64–76 (HR 102). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 58–32, Others 6–44. 32 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 64
- No
- 76
- Did not vote
- 102
- Date
- Apr 11, 1854
By party
- Democrats58 yes · 32 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 44 no · 32 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Russell Smith D-AL voted no
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT voted no
- Nathan Belcher D-CT voted no
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT voted no
- George Read Riddle D-DE voted no
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Daniel Mace D-IN voted no
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA voted no
- Samuel Mayall D-ME voted no
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI voted no
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH voted no
- George Washington Morrison D-NH voted no
- Charles Skelton D-NJ voted no
- George Vail D-NJ voted no
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted no
- Charles Hughes D-NY voted no
- Peter Rowe D-NY voted no
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted no
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
- John James Taylor D-NY voted no
- George Hastings D-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY voted no
- George Bliss D-OH voted no
- Andrew Stuart D-OH voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted no
- Thomas Davis D-RI voted no
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN voted no
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA voted no
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- John Letcher D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
Did not vote
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
- John B. Macy D-WI
Other votes
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