Senate roll call 256 · 33rd Congress · Jul 26, 1854
To amend the bill H.R. 48, by authorizing the secretary of the treasury to audit and settle the accounts of robert c. Schenck, late envoy extraordinary and mini
On Jul 26, 1854, the Senate voted 18–22 (HR 48). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–21, Others 14–1. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jul 26, 1854
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 21 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Shields D-IL voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- 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
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton 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
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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