Shall the main question be now put on the report of the committee of the whole on the state of the union striking out the enacting clause of the bill, H.R. 236.

On May 22, 1854, the House voted 117–94 (HR 236). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 102–40, Others 15–53, Independents 0–1. 40 members voted against their own party.

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

Yes: 117
No: 94
Did not vote: 31
Date: May 22, 1854

By party

Democrats102 yes · 40 no · 17 didn’t vote
Others15 yes · 53 no · 14 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Nathan Belcher D-CT voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
Daniel Mace D-IN voted no
Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA voted no
Samuel Mayall D-ME voted no
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
David Addison Noble D-MI voted no
Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
George Washington Kittredge D-NH voted no
Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted no
Charles Skelton D-NJ voted no
John Wheeler D-NY voted no
Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted no
William Murray D-NY voted no
Gilbert Dean D-NY voted no
Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY voted no
Charles Hughes D-NY voted no
Bishop Perkins D-NY voted no
Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted no
Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
George Hastings D-NY voted no
Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY voted no
Matthias H. Nichols D-OH voted no
Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted no
Andrew Ellison D-OH voted no
Thomas Ritchey D-OH voted no
William Dell Lindsley D-OH voted no
Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH voted no
Andrew Stuart D-OH voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
James Gamble D-PA voted no
Augustus Drum D-PA voted no
Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted no
Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA voted no
Thomas Davis D-RI voted no
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted no
Ben C. Eastman D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

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
Daniel Mace D-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
Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
Tappan Wentworth O-MA
Alexander De Witt O-MA
Edward Dickinson O-MA
John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
Samuel Mayall D-ME
Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
Samuel Page Benson O-ME
Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
David Addison Noble D-MI
Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
George Washington Kittredge D-NH
Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
Charles Skelton D-NJ
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
John Wheeler D-NY
Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
William Murray D-NY
Gilbert Dean D-NY
Russell Sage O-NY
Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-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
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
Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
Andrew Ellison D-OH
Aaron Harlan O-OH
John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
Thomas Ritchey D-OH
William Dell Lindsley D-OH
Harvey Hull Johnson 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
Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
Ner Middleswarth O-PA
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
James Gamble D-PA
Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
John Mcculloch O-PA
Augustus Drum D-PA
David Ritchie O-PA
Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
Michael Carver Trout D-PA
Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
John Dick O-PA
Thomas Davis D-RI
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
William Cullom O-TN
Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
Emerson Etheridge O-TN
John Singleton Millson D-VA
James Meacham O-VT
Andrew Tracy O-VT
Alvah Sabin O-VT
Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Ben C. Eastman D-WI

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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