House roll call 427 · 33rd Congress · Aug 2, 1854
To suspend the rules in order to move that H.R. 392, rivers and harbors bill, be referred to the committee of the whole on the state of the union. (p. 2075)
On Aug 2, 1854, the House voted 99–76 (HR 392). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 39–75, Others 60–1. 39 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 99
- No
- 76
- Did not vote
- 67
- Date
- Aug 2, 1854
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 75 no · 45 didn’t vote
- Others60 yes · 1 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted yes
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted yes
- Bernhart Henn D-IA voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted yes
- Smith Miller D-IN voted yes
- William Hayden English D-IN voted yes
- Daniel Mace D-IN voted yes
- Norman Eddy D-IN voted yes
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN voted yes
- William Dunbar D-LA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA voted yes
- Jacob Shower D-MD voted yes
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD voted yes
- Samuel Clark D-MI voted yes
- John Wheeler D-NY voted yes
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted yes
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY voted yes
- Charles Hughes D-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY voted yes
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH voted yes
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted yes
- Andrew Ellison D-OH voted yes
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH voted yes
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH voted yes
- George Bliss D-OH voted yes
- Andrew Stuart D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- John Robbins D-PA voted yes
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted yes
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Davis D-RI voted yes
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Smyth D-TX voted yes
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX voted yes
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted yes
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-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
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- George Bliss D-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
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston 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
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Henry May D-MD
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Alfred William Lamb D-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
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- 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
- John Letcher D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- John B. Macy D-WI
Did not vote
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Richard Yates O-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- James Henry Lane 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
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- George Vail D-NJ
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
Other votes
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