House roll call 247 · 33rd Congress · May 11, 1854
To excuse MR. Goodrich from voting on motion that the house resolve itself into committee of the whole house on the private calendar.
On May 11, 1854, the House voted 34–95. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–79, Others 24–16. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 95
- Did not vote
- 113
- Date
- May 11, 1854
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 79 no · 70 didn’t vote
- Others24 yes · 16 no · 42 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- Daniel Mace D-IN voted yes
- Samuel Mayall D-ME voted yes
- Charles Skelton D-NJ voted yes
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted yes
- William Aiken D-SC voted yes
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX voted yes
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI voted yes
- John B. Macy D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- William Everhart O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- William Aiken D-SC
- William Cullom O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
- John B. Macy D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Alfred William Lamb 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
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- George Vail D-NJ
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
Did not vote
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-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
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Other votes
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