Senate roll call 68 · 33rd Congress · Mar 29, 1854
On agreeing to the amendment to the bill H.R. 271, which amendment provides that in all cases of applications for pensions the affidavit of two surgeons or phys
On Mar 29, 1854, the Senate voted 22–20 (HR 271). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–12, Others 5–8. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 29, 1854
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 8 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston 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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