Senate roll call 148 · 33rd Congress · May 30, 1854
To postpone further consideration of resolution that the President of the Senate and the speaker of the House Of Representatives adjourn their respective houses
On May 30, 1854, the Senate voted 7–35. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–19, Others 0–16. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 7
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- May 30, 1854
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 19 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 16 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright 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
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- 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
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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