House roll call 112 · 33rd Congress · Mar 29, 1854
To table H.R. 7, providing for grants of public lands to the several states for the benefit of the indigent insane. (p. 788)
On Mar 29, 1854, the House voted 71–89 (HR 7). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 68–37, Others 3–52. 37 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 71
- No
- 89
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- Mar 29, 1854
By party
- Democrats68 yes · 37 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 52 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Russell Smith D-AL voted no
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted no
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT voted no
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted no
- Nathan Belcher D-CT voted no
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT voted no
- Smith Miller D-IN voted no
- William Hayden English D-IN voted no
- James Henry Lane D-IN voted no
- William Dunbar D-LA voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- Charles Skelton D-NJ voted no
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ voted no
- John Wheeler D-NY voted no
- William Adams Walker D-NY voted no
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted no
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY voted no
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY voted no
- Bishop Perkins D-NY voted no
- John James Taylor D-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY voted no
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA voted no
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted no
- Asa Packer D-PA voted no
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted no
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted no
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted no
- Thomas Davis D-RI voted no
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted no
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN voted no
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted no
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
- John B. Macy D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- John Wheeler D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Did not vote
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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