Senate roll call 393 · 33rd Congress · Jan 23, 1855
To amend bill S. 511, by providing that the provisions of this bill shall apply to and embrace those who served as volunteers at the invasion of plattsburg. (p
On Jan 23, 1855, the Senate voted 26–8 (S 511). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–8, Others 15–0. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jan 23, 1855
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 8 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA 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
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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