Senate roll call 41 · 33rd Congress · Feb 14, 1854
On ordering engrossment and third reading of S. 36, providing for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claiming of american citizens for spoliations committed
On Feb 14, 1854, the Senate voted 26–17 (S 36). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–16, Others 14–1. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 14, 1854
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 16 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- James Shields D-IL voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- 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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