Senate roll call 351 · 33rd Congress · Aug 3, 1854
To amend H.R. 95, by providing that all men who served under command of naval or military officers in california during the mexican war, shall be entitled to al
On Aug 3, 1854, the Senate voted 21–14 (HR 95). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–8, Others 9–6. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Aug 3, 1854
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 6 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC 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
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- 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
- 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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