Senate roll call 338 · 33rd Congress · Aug 3, 1854
To amend H.R. 97, by modifying existing law to entitle the eight officers of the texas navy at the time of annexation, to the pay of U.S. Naval officers on leav
On Aug 3, 1854, the Senate voted 18–16 (HR 97). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–10, Others 8–6. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Aug 3, 1854
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 10 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 6 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- 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
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- 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
- William Wright D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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