House roll call 38 · 33rd Congress · Jan 17, 1854
Shall the main question be put (on passage) on H.R. 73, (10 stat 773, jan. 24, 1854) restoring pay, allowance and emoluments to col. B. S. Roberts, charged with
On Jan 17, 1854, the House voted 113–60 (HR 73). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 61–56, Others 52–4. 56 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 113
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Jan 17, 1854
By party
- Democrats61 yes · 56 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Others52 yes · 4 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Russell Smith D-AL voted no
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL voted no
- James Cameron Allen D-IL voted no
- Willis Allen D-IL voted no
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA voted no
- Jacob Shower D-MD voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Moses Macdonald D-ME voted no
- Samuel Mayall D-ME voted no
- David Addison Noble D-MI voted no
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO voted no
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS voted no
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS voted no
- William Barksdale D-MS voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted no
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH 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
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY voted no
- Michael Walsh D-NY voted no
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted no
- William Murray D-NY voted no
- Bishop Perkins D-NY voted no
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted no
- John James Taylor D-NY voted no
- George Hastings D-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY voted no
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted no
- William Henry Witte D-PA voted no
- John Mcnair D-PA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
- Asa Packer D-PA voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted no
- Augustus Drum D-PA voted no
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted no
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted no
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted no
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- William Smith D-VA voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted no
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA voted no
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Henry Lane 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
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- 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
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- John B. Macy D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Did not vote
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
Other votes
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