House roll call 439 · 33rd Congress · Aug 3, 1854
To suspend the rules, in order to take H.R. 392 from the speaker's table and refer it to the committee of the whole on the state of the union. (p. 2106-2)
On Aug 3, 1854, the House voted 76–57 (HR 392). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–55, Others 51–2. 25 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 76
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 109
- Date
- Aug 3, 1854
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 55 no · 79 didn’t vote
- Others51 yes · 2 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted yes
- George Read Riddle D-DE voted yes
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted yes
- Bernhart Henn D-IA voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- William Hayden English D-IN voted yes
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA voted yes
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD voted yes
- David Stuart D-MI voted yes
- David Addison Noble D-MI voted yes
- Samuel Clark D-MI voted yes
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI voted yes
- James Maurice D-NY voted yes
- Charles Hughes D-NY voted yes
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted yes
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH voted yes
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH voted yes
- Wilson Shannon D-OH voted yes
- George Bliss D-OH voted yes
- Andrew Stuart D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN voted yes
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted yes
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- 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
- James Knox O-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- 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
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice 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
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-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 Mcculloch O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- 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
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Henry May D-MD
- 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
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- William Murray D-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- John Mcnair D-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- George Washington Smyth 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
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson 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
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Thomas William Cumming 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
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-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
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
Other votes
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