Senate roll call 44 · 33rd Congress · Feb 15, 1854
To amend an amendment to S. 22, so as to leave the question of slavery to the people of the state, and not attempt to legislate whether any state may or may not
On Feb 15, 1854, the Senate voted 35–10 (S 22). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–3, Others 12–7. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 35
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 15, 1854
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 3 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 7 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick 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
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- 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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