Senate roll call 27 · 33rd Congress · Jan 26, 1854
To adjourn, thereby putting off confirmation of appointment of herman j. Redfield as collector of customs for the district of new york, n.y. Instead of green c.
On Jan 26, 1854, the Senate voted 19–23. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–23, Others 15–0. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jan 26, 1854
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 23 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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