Senate roll call 354 · 33rd Congress · Aug 3, 1854
To amend H.R. 95, by permitting the secretary of war to purchase 3000 stand of the best breech loading rifles, instead of restricting him to the purchase of the
On Aug 3, 1854, the Senate voted 23–12 (HR 95). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–10, Others 12–2. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Aug 3, 1854
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 10 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 2 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas 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
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- 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
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason 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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