Senate roll call 251 · 33rd Congress · Jul 25, 1854
To amend H.R. 48, by appropriating $300,000 to be paid to the state of california, for the expenses of said state, from its organization until its admission int
On Jul 25, 1854, the Senate voted 19–26 (HR 48). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–11, Others 4–15. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jul 25, 1854
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 11 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Philip Allen D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- 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
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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