House roll call 405 · 33rd Congress · Jul 24, 1854
To suspend the rules so that MR. Cobb may move to discharge the comm. Of the whole on the state of the union from further consideration of H.R. 34, a bill to GR
On Jul 24, 1854, the House voted 96–65 (HR 34). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 63–40, Others 33–25. 40 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 96
- No
- 65
- Did not vote
- 81
- Date
- Jul 24, 1854
By party
- Democrats63 yes · 40 no · 56 didn’t vote
- Others33 yes · 25 no · 24 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- William Hayden English D-IN voted no
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted no
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
- David Addison Noble D-MI voted no
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH voted no
- George Washington Morrison D-NH voted no
- Harry Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Charles Skelton D-NJ voted no
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ voted no
- John Wheeler 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
- Andrew Ellison D-OH voted no
- Andrew Stuart D-OH 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
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted no
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted no
- William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- William Smith D-VA voted no
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted no
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA 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
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- 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
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-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
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis 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
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
- John B. Macy D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- John Wheeler D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Did not vote
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- 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
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
Other votes
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