House roll call 349 · 33rd Congress · Jun 20, 1854
To refer H.R. 342 to the comm. Of the whole on the state of the union. (p. 1450)
On Jun 20, 1854, the House voted 72–96 (HR 342). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 50–60, Others 22–36. 50 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 72
- No
- 96
- Did not vote
- 74
- Date
- Jun 20, 1854
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 60 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Others22 yes · 36 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT voted yes
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted yes
- Nathan Belcher D-CT voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA voted yes
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA voted yes
- Junius Hillyer D-GA voted yes
- John Milton Elliott D-KY voted yes
- Jacob Shower D-MD voted yes
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD voted yes
- Henry May D-MD voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted yes
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted yes
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted yes
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted yes
- Charles Skelton D-NJ 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
- Bishop Perkins D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted yes
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
- John James Taylor D-NY voted yes
- George Hastings D-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY voted yes
- William Henry Witte D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted yes
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted yes
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted yes
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA voted yes
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted yes
- William Waters Boyce D-SC 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
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted yes
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted yes
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted yes
- William Smith D-VA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Edward Dickinson 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
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- 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
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- 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
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
- John B. Macy D-WI
Did not vote
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
Other votes
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