Senate roll call 109 · 33rd Congress · Apr 24, 1854
To amend S.J. RES. 9, to indemnify persons engaged in the rescue of those who were on board the steamship san francisco, at the time she was wrecked by reducing
On Apr 24, 1854, the Senate voted 16–21 (SJR 9). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–10, Others 3–11. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Apr 24, 1854
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 11 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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