House roll call 592 · 33rd Congress · Mar 3, 1855
To order the previous question on the passage of H.R. 96 over the President's veto. H.R. 96 is an act making appropriations for the transportation of the U.S.
On Mar 3, 1855, the House voted 131–42 (HR 96). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 100–11, Others 31–31. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 131
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 69
- Date
- Mar 3, 1855
By party
- Democrats100 yes · 11 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Others31 yes · 31 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA voted no
- James Maurice D-NY voted no
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY voted no
- Michael Walsh D-NY voted no
- John Wheeler D-NY voted no
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY voted no
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted no
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY voted no
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
- John B. Macy D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- James Meacham O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
Did not vote
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
Other votes
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