Senate roll call 463 · 33rd Congress · Feb 21, 1855
To amend S. 514, to extend 3 years credit to railroad companies to pay for duties on railroad iron, by giving the secretary of the treasury the power to extend
On Feb 21, 1855, the Senate voted 13–32 (S 514). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–20, Others 7–12. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 21, 1855
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 20 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 12 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-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
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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