Senate roll call 74 · 33rd Congress · Mar 31, 1854
On ordering S. 61, to engrossment and third reading. S. 61, is a bill providing for the claim of hodges and lansdale, and the legal representatives of rinaldo
On Mar 31, 1854, the Senate voted 24–17 (S 61). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–9, Others 8–8. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 31, 1854
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
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
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- 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 Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- 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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