Senate roll call 71 · 33rd Congress · Mar 30, 1854
To amend the bill H.R. 271, by providing that each printer of the house electing him, do the printing of that house hereafter ordered, and the printing as is or
On Mar 30, 1854, the Senate voted 24–13 (HR 271). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–10, Others 11–3. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 30, 1854
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- John Bell O-TN
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- 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
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields 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
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones 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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