Senate roll call 329 · 33rd Congress · Aug 2, 1854
On agreeing to amended amendment to H.R. 336, authorizing the postmaster general to contract for coast to coast mail service weekly if possible costing no more
On Aug 2, 1854, the Senate voted 9–28 (HR 336). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–18, Others 6–10. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 9
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Aug 2, 1854
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 18 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Cooper O-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Philip Allen D-RI
- 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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Capitol Receipts, “On agreeing to amended amendment to H.R…: Senate Vote, Aug 2, 1854,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/33-S-329/on-agreeing-to-amended-amendment-to-h-r-336 (accessed 2026-10-17).