Senate roll call 55 · 33rd Congress · Mar 9, 1854
On passage, of the bill S. 120, to promote the efficiency of the army by retiring disabled officers. (no quorum voting)
On Mar 9, 1854, the Senate voted 25–5 (S 120). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–3, Others 8–2. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Mar 9, 1854
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 3 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 2 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Pettit D-IN
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- 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
- 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
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- 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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