House roll call 230 · 33rd Congress · May 11, 1854
To excuse MR. Tracy from voting on the question of the appeal from the decision of the chair overruling the question of order, that the house stands adjourned t
On May 11, 1854, the House voted 48–71. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 34–51, Others 14–20. 34 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 48
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 123
- Date
- May 11, 1854
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 51 no · 74 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 20 no · 48 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Russell Smith D-AL voted yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted yes
- Willis Allen D-IL voted yes
- Smith Miller D-IN voted yes
- Daniel Mace D-IN voted yes
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- George Vail D-NJ voted yes
- James Maurice D-NY voted yes
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY voted yes
- Michael Walsh D-NY voted yes
- William Murray D-NY voted yes
- Charles Hughes D-NY voted yes
- Bishop Perkins D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted yes
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Davis D-RI voted yes
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
- William Aiken D-SC voted yes
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Smyth D-TX voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
- John B. Macy D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- John Wentworth D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- George Vail D-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- William Everhart O-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- William Aiken D-SC
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- John B. Macy D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-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
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
Did not vote
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Richard Yates O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-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
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson 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
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Andrew Ellison 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
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith 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
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Other votes
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