Senate roll call 426 · 33rd Congress · Feb 9, 1855
To reconsider vote ordering the engrossment of the bill S. 268, for relief of the claimants of the private armed, brig general armstrong, armed by n.y. And dest
On Feb 9, 1855, the Senate voted 24–17 (S 268). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–12, Others 12–5. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 9, 1855
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 12 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 5 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- John Slidell D-LA voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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