Senate roll call 477 · 33rd Congress · Feb 22, 1855
To amend bill H.R. 242, to authorize the purchase of four revenue cutters by eliminating provision that nobody shall be appointed an officer in the revenue serv
On Feb 22, 1855, the Senate voted 20–16 (HR 242). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–7, Others 5–9. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 22, 1855
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 7 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- 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
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson 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
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- 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
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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