Senate roll call 490 · 33rd Congress · Feb 24, 1855
To adjourn in order to postpone further debate and action on bill, H.R. 445, reorganizing the courts, reforming and improving the laws of the district of columb
On Feb 24, 1855, the Senate voted 20–17. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 6–16, Others 14–1. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 24, 1855
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 16 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- William Wright D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- 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
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- 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
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
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