Senate roll call 397 · 33rd Congress · Jan 23, 1855
To amend bill, S. 511, by providing that provisions of this act apply to any officers, soldiers, and volunteers who may have been called out by the authority of
On Jan 23, 1855, the Senate voted 24–16 (S 511). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–15, Others 14–1. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 23, 1855
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- 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
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- 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
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Samuel Houston 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
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-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
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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