House roll call 4 · 33rd Congress · Dec 7, 1853
To elect a printer for the House Of Representatives. Votes for armstrong are coded 1, for gales and seaton 2, for tucker, 5, for others, 8.
On Dec 7, 1853, the House voted 126–0. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 125–19, Others 65–0, Independents 0–1. 19 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 126
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Dec 7, 1853
By party
- Democrats125 yes · 19 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others65 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Maurice D-NY voted no
- Michael Walsh D-NY voted no
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY voted no
- John Wheeler D-NY voted no
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY voted no
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted no
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY voted no
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
- William Henry Witte D-PA voted no
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC voted no
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted no
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted no
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris 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
- Edward Allen Warren 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
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- 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
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham 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
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- 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
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear 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
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-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
- Frederick William Green D-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
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-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
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- William Aiken D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- 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
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- John B. Macy D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- James Maurice D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
Did not vote
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
Other votes
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