Senate roll call 341 · 33rd Congress · Aug 3, 1854
To amend an amendment to H.R. 383, a private claims bill. The amendment in the first degree adds language repealing the minnesota land act, and the second degre
On Aug 3, 1854, the Senate voted 15–28 (HR 383). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–14, Others 4–14. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Aug 3, 1854
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Shields D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- 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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