Senate roll call 413 · 33rd Congress · Feb 5, 1855
To amend the bill, S. 511, by providing that no militia or volunteers called out by any state, and rejected by the authorities of such state from being placed i
On Feb 5, 1855, the Senate voted 29–15 (S 511). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–4, Others 5–11. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 5, 1855
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 4 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 11 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- 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
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones 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
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- 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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