Senate roll call 98 · 33rd Congress · Apr 17, 1854
To amend a resolution relating to the mexican american treaty by striking out art. 9, providing that in case of disagreements between the two governments which
On Apr 17, 1854, the Senate voted 25–10. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–10, Others 11–0. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Apr 17, 1854
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 10 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- 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
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- 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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