Senate roll call 473 · 33rd Congress · Feb 22, 1855
To amend bill S. 514, by providing that the benefits of this act shall extend to all railroad iron received and in bond on which duties have not been paid as we
On Feb 22, 1855, the Senate voted 16–26 (S 514). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–17, Others 6–9. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 22, 1855
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 17 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 9 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- John Slidell D-LA voted yes
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted yes
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH voted yes
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Lawrence Brainerd 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
- 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
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- 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
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- 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
- 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
From Voteview roll call records.
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