Senate roll call 181 · 33rd Congress · Jul 7, 1854
On ordering to engrossment and third reading, the bill S. 338, relating to claim of robert c. Thompson, only surviving child and legal representative of william
On Jul 7, 1854, the Senate voted 22–12 (S 338). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–12, Others 11–0. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jul 7, 1854
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 12 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- 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
- John Bell O-TN
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-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
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
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