House roll call 429 · 33rd Congress · Aug 2, 1854
To table H.J.RES. 32, directing the purchase of copies of f.f.c. Triplett's "pension and bounty land laws." for the use of members of the Congress (at no more t
On Aug 2, 1854, the House voted 66–80 (HJR 32). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 53–46, Others 13–34. 46 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 66
- No
- 80
- Did not vote
- 96
- Date
- Aug 2, 1854
By party
- Democrats53 yes · 46 no · 60 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 34 no · 35 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Russell Smith D-AL voted no
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT voted no
- Nathan Belcher D-CT voted no
- George Read Riddle D-DE voted no
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA voted no
- Bernhart Henn D-IA voted no
- John Wentworth D-IL voted no
- Willis Allen D-IL voted no
- Daniel Mace D-IN voted no
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY voted no
- John Milton Elliott D-KY voted no
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted no
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA voted no
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI voted no
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- George Washington Morrison D-NH voted no
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ voted no
- George Vail D-NJ voted no
- James Maurice D-NY voted no
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted no
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY voted no
- Peter Rowe D-NY voted no
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
- John James Taylor D-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY voted no
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted no
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted no
- Andrew Ellison D-OH voted no
- Frederick William Green D-OH voted no
- Wilson Shannon D-OH voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted no
- Thomas Davis D-RI voted no
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted no
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted no
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN voted no
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
- George Washington Smyth D-TX voted no
- William Smith D-VA voted no
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted no
- John B. Macy D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- James Abercrombie O-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
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- 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
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- 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
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- James Stone Chrisman D-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
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe 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
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- William Smith D-VA
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- John B. Macy D-WI
Did not vote
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Norman Eddy 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
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-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
Other votes
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