Senate roll call 169 · 33rd Congress · Jun 29, 1854
To refer the resolution relating to mexican american treaty as modified and the proposed amendment to the committee on foregn relations. (p. 343)
On Jun 29, 1854, the Senate voted 26–19. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–6, Others 0–13. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jun 29, 1854
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- David Settle Reid D-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
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
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