Senate roll call 146 · 33rd Congress · May 29, 1854
To amend the resolution by authorizing the printer of the Senate to print thirty seven thousand five hundred additional copies of the agriculture portion of the
On May 29, 1854, the Senate voted 23–11. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–11, Others 12–0. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- May 29, 1854
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 11 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Slidell D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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