That when the house adjourn today, it be to meet again on wednesday next, may 17, 1854.

On May 15, 1854, the House voted 47–108. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–95, Others 39–13, Independents 1–0. 7 members voted against their own party.

During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.

Yes: 47
No: 108
Did not vote: 87
Date: May 15, 1854

By party

Democrats7 yes · 95 no · 57 didn’t vote
Others39 yes · 13 no · 30 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted yes
Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY voted yes
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
Thomas Davis D-RI voted yes
Ben C. Eastman D-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
John Wentworth D-IL
Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
James Knox O-IL
Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
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
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
Russell Sage O-NY
George Abel Simmons O-NY
Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
Henry Bennett O-NY
Caleb Lyon I-NY
Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
Andrew Oliver 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 Wade O-OH
Joshua Reed Giddings O-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 Dick O-PA
Thomas Davis D-RI
Andrew Tracy O-VT
Alvah Sabin O-VT
Ben C. Eastman D-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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