House roll call 315 · 33rd Congress · May 26, 1854
To table the motion to reconsider the vote agreeing to the 49th amendment of the special mail agent of the post office department in california. (p. 1323)
On May 26, 1854, the House voted 81–74 (HR 271). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 68–42, Others 13–32. 42 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 81
- No
- 74
- Did not vote
- 87
- Date
- May 26, 1854
By party
- Democrats68 yes · 42 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 32 no · 37 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Nathan Belcher D-CT voted no
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted no
- James Henry Lane D-IN voted no
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Samuel Mayall D-ME voted no
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS voted no
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS voted no
- George Washington Morrison D-NH voted no
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted no
- Charles Skelton D-NJ voted no
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ voted no
- George Vail D-NJ voted no
- James Maurice D-NY voted no
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY voted no
- Michael Walsh D-NY voted no
- John Wheeler D-NY voted no
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted no
- Bishop Perkins D-NY voted no
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted no
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
- Andrew Ellison D-OH voted no
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH voted no
- Andrew Stuart D-OH voted no
- John Robbins D-PA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow 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
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA voted no
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- William Aiken D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-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
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne 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
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Did not vote
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- John B. Macy D-WI
Other votes
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