House roll call 397 · 33rd Congress · Jul 20, 1854
To concur in the third amendment to H.R. 95 made in committee of the whole, which amendment empowers the President, by and with the advise and consent of the se
On Jul 20, 1854, the House voted 117–47 (HR 95). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 85–26, Others 32–21. 26 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 117
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Jul 20, 1854
By party
- Democrats85 yes · 26 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Others32 yes · 21 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Philip Phillips D-AL voted no
- William Russell Smith D-AL voted no
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
- George Read Riddle D-DE voted no
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA voted no
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- Roland Jones D-LA voted no
- David Stuart D-MI voted no
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted no
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- William Barksdale D-MS voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY voted no
- George Hastings D-NY voted no
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted no
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- William Aiken D-SC voted no
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted no
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- William Hayden English 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
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-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
- James Maurice D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode 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
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
- John B. Macy D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- Roland Jones D-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
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
Did not vote
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- James Henry Lane 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
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Henry May D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-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
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
Other votes
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