Senate roll call 455 · 33rd Congress · Feb 17, 1855
To amend S. 514, to extend 3 year credit to railroad companies to pay for duties on railroad iron, by providing that railroads availing themselves of the benefi
On Feb 17, 1855, the Senate voted 26–17 (S 514). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–7, Others 9–10. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 17, 1855
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 7 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 10 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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