Senate roll call 472 · 33rd Congress · Feb 22, 1855
To amend bill S. 514, by giving railroad companies using american iron the same bounty granted by the bill to those using foreign iron, by loaning them from the
On Feb 22, 1855, the Senate voted 8–29 (S 514). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–20, Others 4–9. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 22, 1855
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 20 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 9 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
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
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
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