Senate roll call 441 · 33rd Congress · Feb 15, 1855
To amend an amendment to H.R. 555, by providing that the President be permitted to separate the duties of the superintendent of indian affairs from those of the
On Feb 15, 1855, the Senate voted 20–19 (HR 555). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–6, Others 4–13. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 15, 1855
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 6 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA 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
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- 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
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- 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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