Senate roll call 359 · 33rd Congress · Aug 3, 1854
To recede from the amendment to the bill H.R. 392, which amendment increases the appropriation "for the removal of the des moines rapids, in the mississippi riv
On Aug 3, 1854, the Senate voted 18–21 (HR 392). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–18, Others 13–3. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Aug 3, 1854
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 18 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 3 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- 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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