Senate roll call 442 · 33rd Congress · Feb 15, 1855
To amend H.R. 555, by empowering the President to separate the duties of superintendent of indian affairs from those of governor in any of the territories, but
On Feb 15, 1855, the Senate voted 16–22 (HR 555). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–9, Others 3–13. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 15, 1855
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 9 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 13 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI 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
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-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
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown 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
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans 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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