Senate roll call 448 · 33rd Congress · Feb 16, 1855
To table the bill, S. 268, relating to the claimants of the private armed brig, general armstrong, from the port of n.y. Which was destroyed by the british. (p
On Feb 16, 1855, the Senate voted 24–23 (S 268). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–14, Others 12–9. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 16, 1855
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 14 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 9 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- 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
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
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
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- 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
- 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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