House roll call 336 · 33rd Congress · Jun 16, 1854
To amend the substitute to the postage bill (H.R. 330 and H.R. 406). The bill provides further to amend an act to recue and modify the rates of postage in the
On Jun 16, 1854, the House voted 80–73 (HR 406). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 31–69, Others 49–4. 31 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 80
- No
- 73
- Did not vote
- 89
- Date
- Jun 16, 1854
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 69 no · 59 didn’t vote
- Others49 yes · 4 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT voted yes
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted yes
- Daniel Mace D-IN voted yes
- Norman Eddy D-IN voted yes
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
- Samuel Mayall D-ME voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO voted yes
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ voted yes
- George Vail D-NJ voted yes
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted yes
- William Murray D-NY voted yes
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY voted yes
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted yes
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH voted yes
- Wilson Shannon D-OH voted yes
- John Robbins D-PA voted yes
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted yes
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Davis D-RI voted yes
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC voted yes
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted yes
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- 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
- William Appleton O-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- John B. Macy D-WI
Did not vote
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- 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
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- James Maurice D-NY
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-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
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
Other votes
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