Senate roll call 245 · 33rd Congress · Jul 25, 1854
To postpone until the first monday in dec. Next the consideration of the bill S. 186, paying claims of revolutionary army officers, and of the widows and orpahn
On Jul 25, 1854, the Senate voted 24–21 (S 186). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–11, Others 8–10. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jul 25, 1854
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 10 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker 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
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- 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
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown 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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