Senate roll call 178 · 33rd Congress · Jul 5, 1854
To table a resolution fixing the time at 10 o'clock a.m. For the daily meeting of the Senate on and after monday next, for the residue of the present session.
On Jul 5, 1854, the Senate voted 27–14. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–10, Others 10–4. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 27
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jul 5, 1854
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 10 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 4 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI 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
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- 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
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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