Senate roll call 163 · 33rd Congress · Jun 23, 1854
On ordering to engrossment and third reading the bill S. 268 authorizing the secretary of state to direct, examine and adjust the claims of citizens of the U.S.
On Jun 23, 1854, the Senate voted 12–21 (S 268). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–9, Others 4–12. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jun 23, 1854
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 9 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- 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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