Senate roll call 150 · 33rd Congress · May 30, 1854
On adoption, of the modified resolution adjourning the Senate and house on the first monday in july, until the third monday of october next, and ordering the se
On May 30, 1854, the Senate voted 26–17. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–13, Others 11–4. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 30, 1854
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 13 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 4 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- 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
- 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
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- 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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Capitol Receipts, “On adoption, of the modified resolution…: Senate Vote, May 30, 1854,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/33-S-150/on-adoption-of-the-modified-resolution-adjourning-the-senate (accessed 2026-10-17).