Senate roll call 211 · 33rd Congress · Jul 19, 1854
To amend the bill H.R. 37, by providing that when the patent shall have been issued, the settler shall pay to the gov. 25 cents per acre for the homstead obtain
On Jul 19, 1854, the Senate voted 19–30 (HR 37). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–12, Others 1–18. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jul 19, 1854
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 18 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter 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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