Senate roll call 366 · 33rd Congress · Aug 4, 1854
On passage, of the resolution, authorizing the secretary of the Senate to pay out of the Senate's contingent fund, to the union, national intelligencer, and sen
On Aug 4, 1854, the Senate voted 18–22. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–13, Others 5–9. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Aug 4, 1854
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- 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
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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