Senate roll call 38 · 33rd Congress · Feb 13, 1854
On consenting to the nomination of james gadsden by the President as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the U.S., to the mexican republic. (p.
On Feb 13, 1854, the Senate voted 46–2. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 32–1, Others 14–1. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 46
- No
- 2
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 13, 1854
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 1 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- 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
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Samuel Houston D-TX
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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