Senate roll call 399 · 33rd Congress · Jan 26, 1855
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 268, a bill for the relief of the claimants of the private armed brig, the general armstrong, owned by new york and
On Jan 26, 1855, the Senate voted 22–17 (S 268). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–9, Others 8–8. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jan 26, 1855
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 9 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
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
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- 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
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- 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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