Senate roll call 270 · 33rd Congress · Jul 27, 1854
To amend the bill H.R. 48, by increasing the salaries of the United States district judges by distributing less than $10,000 thereby changing system of judiciar
On Jul 27, 1854, the Senate voted 18–23 (HR 48). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–12, Others 4–11. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jul 27, 1854
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 12 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 11 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter 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
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- 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
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- 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
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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