Senate roll call 361 · 33rd Congress · Aug 3, 1854
To amend H.R. 96, eliminating a section authorizing postmaster general to terminate contracts for carrying mail from new york city to liverpool, southampton, BR
On Aug 3, 1854, the Senate voted 14–19 (HR 96). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–14, Others 6–5. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Aug 3, 1854
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 14 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- 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
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown 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
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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