Senate roll call 336 · 33rd Congress · Aug 3, 1854
To amend the bill H.R. 97, by authorizing the President to imcorporate into the naval service of the U.S. The surviving officers of the texas navy, who were com
On Aug 3, 1854, the Senate voted 14–22 (HR 97). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–13, Others 5–9. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Aug 3, 1854
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 13 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Shields D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- 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
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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