Senate roll call 196 · 33rd Congress · Jul 14, 1854
To amend the bill H.R. 37, by providing that foreign born persons who fail to become citizens within six years from the time of entry on the land, shall lose al
On Jul 14, 1854, the Senate voted 37–9 (HR 37). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–3, Others 12–6. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 37
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jul 14, 1854
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Henry Dodge 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
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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