Senate roll call 374 · 33rd Congress · Jan 4, 1855
To amend S. 511, by limitting the lands to be entered under warrants issued under this act to 640 acres and not 1280 acres as heretofore. (p. 178-2)
On Jan 4, 1855, the Senate voted 24–15 (S 511). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–3, Others 3–12. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jan 4, 1855
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 3 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 511, by limitting the lands to…: Senate Vote, Jan 4, 1855,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/33-S-374/to-amend-s-511-by-limitting-the-lands-to (accessed 2026-10-17).