To pass S.J.RES. 7, (10 stat 591, feb. 10, 1854), authorizing an increase of force in the office of the superintendent of the public printing. (p. 350, 1)

On Feb 6, 1854, the House voted 97–61 (SJR 7). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 54–48, Others 43–13. 48 members voted against their own party.

During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.

Yes: 97
No: 61
Did not vote: 84
Date: Feb 6, 1854

By party

Democrats54 yes · 48 no · 57 didn’t vote
Others43 yes · 13 no · 26 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
James Cameron Allen D-IL voted no
Willis Allen D-IL voted no
Smith Miller D-IN voted no
William Hayden English D-IN voted no
Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
John Perkins Jr. D-LA voted no
Roland Jones D-LA voted no
Joshua Van Sant D-MD voted no
Henry May D-MD voted no
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
David Addison Noble D-MI voted no
Samuel Clark D-MI voted no
Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI voted no
Alfred William Lamb D-MO voted no
Daniel Boone Wright D-MS voted no
William Taylor Sullivan Barry 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 Morrison D-NH voted no
Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted no
Samuel Lilly D-NJ voted no
Michael Walsh D-NY voted no
John Wheeler D-NY voted no
Matthias H. Nichols D-OH voted no
Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted no
Thomas Ritchey D-OH voted no
William Dell Lindsley D-OH voted no
Christian Markle Straub D-PA voted no
Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted no
John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
Preston Smith Brooks D-SC voted no
William Waters Boyce D-SC voted no
George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
George Washington Smyth D-TX voted no
John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
William Smith D-VA voted no
John Letcher D-VA voted no
John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA voted no
Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted no
John B. Macy D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Philip Phillips D-AL
James Ferguson Dowdell 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
Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
George Read Riddle D-DE
Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
Bernhart Henn D-IA
Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
James Knox O-IL
Richard Yates O-IL
William Harrison Bissell O-IL
Norman Eddy D-IN
James Stone Chrisman D-KY
Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
William Preston O-KY
Leander Martin Cox O-KY
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
William Dunbar D-LA
Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
John Wiley Edmands 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
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
James Johnson Lindley O-MO
Mordecai Oliver O-MO
John Gaines Miller O-MO
John Smith Phelps D-MO
Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
John Kerr Jr. O-NC
Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
George Washington Kittredge D-NH
Harry Hibbard D-NH
Charles Skelton D-NJ
George Vail D-NJ
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
Hiram Walbridge D-NY
William Marcy Tweed D-NY
William Adams Walker D-NY
Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
William Murray D-NY
Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
Charles Hughes D-NY
George Abel Simmons O-NY
Bishop Perkins D-NY
Gerrit Smith O-NY
Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
Andrew Oliver D-NY
John James Taylor D-NY
George Hastings D-NY
Benjamin Pringle O-NY
Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
Solomon George Haven O-NY
David Tiernan Disney D-OH
Aaron Harlan O-OH
Frederick William Green D-OH
John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
William Robinson Sapp O-OH
Joshua Reed Giddings O-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
Ner Middleswarth O-PA
Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
James Gamble D-PA
Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
John Littleton Dawson D-PA
David Ritchie O-PA
Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
Thomas Davis D-RI
Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
James Lawrence Orr D-SC
Charles James Faulkner D-VA
Andrew Tracy O-VT
Alvah Sabin O-VT
Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S.J.RES. 7, (10 stat 591, feb. 10…: House Vote, Feb 6, 1854,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/33-H-51/to-pass-s-j-res-7-10-stat-591 (accessed 2026-10-16).