Senate roll call 195 · 33rd Congress · Jul 14, 1854
To amend H.R. 37, by providing that the benefits of this act shall not extend to the children heirs, or devisees of aliens born out of the U.S. Who are 21 years
On Jul 14, 1854, the Senate voted 21–20 (HR 37). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–13, Others 9–7. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jul 14, 1854
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 13 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 7 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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