Senate roll call 244 · 33rd Congress · Jul 25, 1854
To proceed to consideration of S. 186, a bill providing for the final settlement of the claims of the officers of the revolutionary army, and the widows and orp
On Jul 25, 1854, the Senate voted 23–21 (S 186). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–13, Others 8–8. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jul 25, 1854
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 13 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- 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 Murray Mason D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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