Senate roll call 82 · 33rd Congress · Apr 5, 1854
On deciding whether or not to eliminate the words, "to accept boundary as set forth in the original act 1, as amended by committee on foreign relations," in the
On Apr 5, 1854, the Senate voted 22–16. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–6, Others 3–10. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Apr 5, 1854
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 6 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 10 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE 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
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Slidell D-LA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- 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
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
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