Senate roll call 197 · 33rd Congress · Jul 14, 1854
To amend the bill H.R. 37, by providing that any person sixteen years of age and upwards may apply for patent, but it will not be granted until they reach 21 ye
On Jul 14, 1854, the Senate voted 27–19 (HR 37). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–11, Others 10–8. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jul 14, 1854
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 11 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 8 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- 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 Sumner O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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