Senate roll call 212 · 33rd Congress · Jul 19, 1854
To amend the bill H.R. 37, by eliminating the word "contracted" in 4th section, "that all lands acquired under the provisions of this act shall in no event beco
On Jul 19, 1854, the Senate voted 28–14 (HR 37). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–12, Others 11–2. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jul 19, 1854
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 2 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
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
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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