Senate roll call 355 · 33rd Congress · Aug 3, 1854
On agreeing to amendment as amended to the bill H.R. 95, authorizing the secretary of war to purchase, after tests for their practical use, 3000 stand of the be
On Aug 3, 1854, the Senate voted 19–23 (HR 95). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–9, Others 3–14. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Aug 3, 1854
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 14 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- 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
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-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
- William Wright D-NJ
- Philip Allen D-RI
- 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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