Senate roll call 242 · 33rd Congress · Jul 24, 1854
To amend H.R. 48, (8-4-1854), making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year ending june 30, 1855, by providing that the
On Jul 24, 1854, the Senate voted 20–30 (HR 48). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–17, Others 5–13. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jul 24, 1854
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 13 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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