Senate roll call 53 · 33rd Congress · Mar 8, 1854
On passage of S. 44, granting land to the several states and territories of the union for the benefit of indigent insane persons.
On Mar 8, 1854, the Senate voted 25–12 (S 44). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 9–12, Others 16–0. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 8, 1854
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 12 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- James Shields D-IL voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton 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
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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