Senate roll call 97 · 33rd Congress · Apr 12, 1854
To amend a resolution relating to the mexican american treaty by striking out art. VIII providing for the use of naval and military forces by the two government
On Apr 12, 1854, the Senate voted 22–16. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–14, Others 9–2. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Apr 12, 1854
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 14 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 2 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Philip Allen D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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