Senate roll call 204 · 33rd Congress · Jul 17, 1854
To amend the bill H.R. 37, to grant a homestead of 160 acres of public lands to actual settlers, by eliminating the sixth section, giving any free white person
On Jul 17, 1854, the Senate voted 19–29 (HR 37). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–19, Others 7–11. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jul 17, 1854
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 11 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- 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
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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