Senate roll call 273 · 33rd Congress · Jul 27, 1854
To amend the bill H.R.48, by providing that the auxiliary guards of the city of washington are hereafter to be appointed by the secretary of the interior and no
On Jul 27, 1854, the Senate voted 16–22 (HR 48). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–7, Others 0–15. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 27, 1854
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 7 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 15 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- 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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