House roll call 142 · 33rd Congress · Apr 20, 1854
To pass S.J.RES. 11, (10 stat 593, may 3, 1854), authorizing the postmaster general to extend the existing contract for carrying the mail between mobile and mon
On Apr 20, 1854, the House voted 82–54 (SJR 11). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 75–17, Others 6–37, Independents 1–0. 17 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 82
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 106
- Date
- Apr 20, 1854
By party
- Democrats75 yes · 17 no · 67 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 37 no · 39 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Russell Smith D-AL voted no
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Samuel Clark D-MI voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted no
- Charles Skelton D-NJ voted no
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ voted no
- James Maurice D-NY voted no
- John Wheeler D-NY voted no
- Thomas Davis D-RI voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- George Washington Smyth D-TX voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- William Murray D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John B. Macy D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- William Cullom O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
Did not vote
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks 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
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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