Senate roll call 278 · 33rd Congress · Jul 28, 1854
To amend H.R. 392, by authorizing war secretary to suspend appropriations for public works for good reason, pending congressional action except where questions
On Jul 28, 1854, the Senate voted 16–23 (HR 392). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–19, Others 14–4. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jul 28, 1854
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 19 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason 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
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- 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
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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