House roll call 267 · 33rd Congress · May 15, 1854
To table the resolution offered by MR. Richardson fixing the time for ending debate on H.R. 236. (p. 1189)
On May 15, 1854, the House voted 65–134. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–118, Others 48–16, Independents 1–0. 16 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 65
- No
- 134
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- May 15, 1854
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 118 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others48 yes · 16 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted yes
- James Maurice D-NY voted yes
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted yes
- William Murray 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
- Andrew Stuart D-OH voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow 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
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-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
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-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
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- William Cullom O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge 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
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Daniel Mace 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
- David Addison Noble 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
- Wiley Pope Harris 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 Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- George Vail D-NJ
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-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
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Michael Carver Trout 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
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell 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
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham 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
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-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
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Other votes
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