House roll call 273 · 33rd Congress · May 15, 1854
To table an appeal from the chair's ruling that MR. Morgan's motion to be excused from voting on MR. Washburn's (me.) appeal from another ruling of the chair, w
On May 15, 1854, the House voted 75–111. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–98, Others 51–13. 24 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 75
- No
- 111
- Did not vote
- 56
- Date
- May 15, 1854
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 98 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others51 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Nathan Belcher D-CT voted yes
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA voted yes
- David Addison Noble D-MI voted yes
- George Washington Morrison D-NH voted yes
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted yes
- James Maurice D-NY voted yes
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted yes
- William Murray D-NY voted yes
- Charles Hughes D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted yes
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
- George Hastings D-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY voted yes
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted yes
- Andrew Ellison D-OH voted yes
- Andrew Stuart D-OH voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
- James Gamble D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Davis D-RI voted yes
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI voted yes
- John B. Macy D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-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
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle 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
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Alvah Sabin 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
- Sampson Willis Harris D-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
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll 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
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- 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
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William Barksdale 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
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- William Aiken D-SC
- 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
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell 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
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Daniel Mace 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
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- John Letcher 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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