Senate roll call 394 · 33rd Congress · Jan 23, 1855
To amend S. 511, by providing that the provisions of the bill shall apply to the armed force employed by any services have been paid for by the U.S. (p. 364-2)
On Jan 23, 1855, the Senate voted 16–30 (S 511). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–26, Others 12–4. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jan 23, 1855
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 26 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- 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
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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