Senate roll call 63 · 33rd Congress · Mar 22, 1854
On agreeing, to amendment, made as in the committee of the whole to the bill S. 199, regulating the pay and increasing the efficiency of the army of the U.S., w
On Mar 22, 1854, the Senate voted 13–25 (S 119). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–15, Others 2–10. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 22, 1854
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 10 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon 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
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
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