House roll call 196 · 33rd Congress · May 11, 1854
Call of the house. (p. 1169)
On May 11, 1854, the House voted 58–79. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 22–69, Others 36–10. 22 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 58
- No
- 79
- Did not vote
- 105
- Date
- May 11, 1854
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 69 no · 68 didn’t vote
- Others36 yes · 10 no · 36 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Russell Smith D-AL voted yes
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA voted yes
- Samuel Mayall D-ME voted yes
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH voted yes
- George Washington Morrison D-NH voted yes
- William Murray D-NY voted yes
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY voted yes
- Gilbert Dean D-NY voted yes
- Charles Hughes D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY voted yes
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted yes
- Andrew Stuart D-OH voted yes
- James Gamble D-PA voted yes
- Augustus Drum D-PA voted yes
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Davis D-RI voted yes
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- William Murray D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
How each representative voted: No
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
- John B. Macy D-WI
Other votes
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