Senate roll call 346 · 33rd Congress · Aug 3, 1854
To amend H.R. 95 (8-5-1854), a bill making appropriations for support of the army for year ending june 30, 1855, by striking out the following proviso, "that TH
On Aug 3, 1854, the Senate voted 23–25 (HR 95). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–16, Others 10–9. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Aug 3, 1854
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 16 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 9 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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