Senate roll call 368 · 33rd Congress · Aug 4, 1854
To postpone further consideration of the report of the judiciary committee relating to the right of the hon. Jared w. Williams to hold his seat in the Senate as
On Aug 4, 1854, the Senate voted 11–37. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–19, Others 1–18. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Aug 4, 1854
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 18 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Shields D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Stephen Adams 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
- John Bell O-TN
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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