House roll call 398 · 33rd Congress · Jul 20, 1854
To agree to the 10th amendment made in comm. Of the whole to H.R. 95, authorizing the secretary of war to sell to the highest bidder the tract of land where the
On Jul 20, 1854, the House voted 77–81 (HR 95). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–79, Others 53–2. 24 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 77
- No
- 81
- Did not vote
- 84
- Date
- Jul 20, 1854
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 79 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Others53 yes · 2 no · 27 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Nathan Belcher D-CT voted yes
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
- Roland Jones D-LA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA voted yes
- Samuel Mayall D-ME voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Skelton D-NJ voted yes
- John Wheeler D-NY voted yes
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted yes
- Charles Hughes D-NY voted yes
- Bishop Perkins D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted yes
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH voted yes
- Andrew Ellison D-OH voted yes
- George Bliss D-OH voted yes
- John Mcnair D-PA voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Davis D-RI voted yes
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted yes
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
- John B. Macy D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Bishop Perkins 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
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- John B. Macy D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll 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
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- Willis Allen D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- 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
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- 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
- William Murray D-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- 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
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
Did not vote
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- 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
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- 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
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
Other votes
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