House roll call 265 · 33rd Congress · May 15, 1854
To suspend the rules and introduce a resolution that the bills on the calendar of the committee of the whole be restored to the position they occupied before mo
On May 15, 1854, the House voted 75–121. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–105, Others 49–16. 26 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 75
- No
- 121
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- May 15, 1854
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 105 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Others49 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Nathan Belcher D-CT voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Skelton D-NJ voted yes
- James Maurice D-NY voted yes
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted yes
- William Murray D-NY voted yes
- Gilbert Dean D-NY voted yes
- Charles Hughes D-NY voted yes
- Bishop Perkins D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted yes
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
- George Hastings D-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY voted yes
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted yes
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH voted yes
- Andrew Stuart D-OH voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
- James Gamble D-PA voted yes
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Davis D-RI voted yes
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted yes
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- George Hastings 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
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-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
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell 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
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt 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
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- George Vail D-NJ
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Wilson Shannon 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
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- John B. Macy D-WI
Did not vote
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Daniel Mace 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
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Other votes
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