Senate roll call 317 · 33rd Congress · Aug 1, 1854
To amend H.R. 392, by authorizing the secretary of war to contract with the proper parties for the purchase of grants pass, near the entrance to mobile harbor,
On Aug 1, 1854, the Senate voted 24–19 (HR 392). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–4, Others 6–15. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Aug 1, 1854
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 4 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 15 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- 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
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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