Senate roll call 306 · 33rd Congress · Jul 31, 1854
To amend H.R. 392, by striking out the following words, "and the expense attending the custody and management of the said canal and canal property shall be paid
On Jul 31, 1854, the Senate voted 7–19 (HR 392). Result: failed. By party: Others 2–12, Democrats 5–7. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 7
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Jul 31, 1854
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 7 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 12 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- 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
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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