House roll call 228 · 33rd Congress · May 11, 1854
To excuse MR. Sage from voting because of his doubts as to the correctness of the decision of the chair in overruling the question of order that the house stand
On May 11, 1854, the House voted 57–83. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 35–63, Others 22–20. 35 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 57
- No
- 83
- Did not vote
- 102
- Date
- May 11, 1854
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 63 no · 61 didn’t vote
- Others22 yes · 20 no · 40 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Philip Phillips D-AL voted yes
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted yes
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT voted yes
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA voted yes
- Henry May D-MD voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted yes
- James Maurice D-NY voted yes
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY voted yes
- William Adams Walker D-NY voted yes
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted yes
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY voted yes
- Charles Hughes D-NY voted yes
- Bishop Perkins D-NY voted yes
- Peter Rowe D-NY voted yes
- John James Taylor D-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY voted yes
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted yes
- Andrew Ellison D-OH voted yes
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Davis D-RI voted yes
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Smyth D-TX voted yes
- William Smith D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI voted yes
- John B. Macy D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- Henry May D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- James Maurice D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- William Everhart O-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Cullom O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- William Smith D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
- John B. Macy D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
Did not vote
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- James Knox O-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Other votes
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