Senate roll call 45 · 33rd Congress · Mar 2, 1854
To amend S. 22, by inserting section 14, under which the people of the territory, through their appropriate representatives, may, if they see fit, prohibit the
On Mar 2, 1854, the Senate voted 10–36 (S 22). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–27, Others 8–9. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 10
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 2, 1854
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 27 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. 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
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- 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
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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