Senate roll call 271 · 33rd Congress · Jul 27, 1854
To amend H.R. 48, by increasing the salaries of certain officers of the treasury, asst. Secy. Of state, commissioner of customs, auditors of the treasury, comm.
On Jul 27, 1854, the Senate voted 9–29 (HR 48). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–14, Others 3–15. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 27, 1854
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 14 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 15 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams 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
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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