Senate roll call 159 · 33rd Congress · Jun 16, 1854
On passage of S. 380, authorizing the coinage of gold pieces of the value respectively of ten eagles and five eagles.
On Jun 16, 1854, the Senate voted 29–13 (S 380). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–8, Others 10–5. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 16, 1854
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 8 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 5 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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