Senate roll call 350 · 33rd Congress · Aug 3, 1854
To amend H.R. 95, by providing that no widow of any soldier or officer shall be deprived of any benefits granted for the services of her husband, even though SH
On Aug 3, 1854, the Senate voted 23–11 (HR 95). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–5, Others 10–6. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Aug 3, 1854
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 5 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Pettit D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-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
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason 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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