Call of the house, during debate on H.R. 236 (10 stat 277, may 30, 1854), a bill to provide for the organization of the territories of kansas and nebraska. (p.

On May 8, 1854, the House voted 165–11 (HR 236). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 107–8, Others 57–3, Independents 1–0. 8 members voted against their own party.

During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.

Yes: 165
No: 11
Did not vote: 66
Date: May 8, 1854

By party

Democrats107 yes · 8 no · 44 didn’t vote
Others57 yes · 3 no · 22 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
William Dunbar D-LA voted no
Charles Hughes D-NY voted no
Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted no
Augustus Drum D-PA voted no
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Philip Phillips D-AL
James Abercrombie O-AL
Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
William Russell Smith D-AL
George Smith Houston D-AL
James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
Edward Allen Warren D-AR
James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
James Timothy Pratt D-CT
Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
Nathan Belcher D-CT
Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
George Read Riddle D-DE
Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
James Lindsay Seward D-GA
Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
Junius Hillyer D-GA
David Addison Reese O-GA
Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
John Wentworth D-IL
Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
James Knox O-IL
William Alexander Richardson D-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
Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
John Givan Davis D-IN
Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
James Stone Chrisman D-KY
John Milton Elliott D-KY
John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
Leander Martin Cox O-KY
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
John Perkins Jr. D-LA
Roland Jones D-LA
Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
John Wiley Edmands O-MA
Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
Tappan Wentworth O-MA
Edward Dickinson O-MA
John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
John Rankin Franklin O-MD
Jacob Shower D-MD
Joshua Van Sant D-MD
Henry May D-MD
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
Moses Macdonald D-ME
Samuel Mayall D-ME
Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
Samuel Page Benson O-ME
Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
David Addison Noble D-MI
Samuel Clark D-MI
Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
Mordecai Oliver O-MO
John Gaines Miller O-MO
John Smith Phelps D-MO
Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
William Barksdale D-MS
Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
Thomas Ruffin D-NC
William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
John Kerr Jr. O-NC
Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
Francis Burton Craige D-NC
Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
George Washington Kittredge D-NH
Harry Hibbard D-NH
Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
Charles Skelton D-NJ
Samuel Lilly D-NJ
George Vail D-NJ
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
James Maurice D-NY
Hiram Walbridge D-NY
Michael Walsh D-NY
William Marcy Tweed D-NY
John Wheeler D-NY
William Adams Walker D-NY
Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
William Murray D-NY
Gilbert Dean D-NY
Russell Sage O-NY
George Abel Simmons O-NY
Bishop Perkins D-NY
Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
Henry Bennett O-NY
Gerrit Smith O-NY
Caleb Lyon I-NY
Andrew Oliver D-NY
John James Taylor D-NY
Davis Carpenter O-NY
Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
John Scott Harrison O-OH
Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
Andrew Ellison D-OH
Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
Frederick William Green D-OH
John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
William Robinson Sapp O-OH
Edward Ball O-OH
Edward Wade O-OH
Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
Andrew Stuart D-OH
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
John Robbins D-PA
William Henry Witte D-PA
John Mcnair D-PA
William Everhart O-PA
Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
Ner Middleswarth O-PA
Christian Markle Straub D-PA
Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
James Gamble D-PA
William Henry Kurtz D-PA
Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
John Littleton Dawson D-PA
David Ritchie O-PA
Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
John Dick O-PA
Thomas Davis D-RI
William Aiken D-SC
James Lawrence Orr D-SC
William Waters Boyce D-SC
Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
William Cullom O-TN
Charles Ready O-TN
George Washington Jones D-TN
Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
Emerson Etheridge O-TN
George Washington Smyth D-TX
Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
John Singleton Millson D-VA
William Osborne Goode D-VA
Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
Andrew Tracy O-VT
Alvah Sabin O-VT
Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Ben C. Eastman D-WI
John B. Macy D-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

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