Senate roll call 236 · 33rd Congress · Jul 20, 1854
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 37, which amendment provides that after fiscal 1855, the minimum price of the public lands shall be reduced as this act calls f
On Jul 20, 1854, the Senate voted 34–13 (HR 37). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–1, Others 4–12. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jul 20, 1854
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Philip Allen D-RI 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
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- 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
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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