Senate roll call 495 · 33rd Congress · Feb 26, 1855
To amend bill, H.R. 594, by providing that the first comptroller of the treasury be authorized to examine the claim of w.r. Glover and thos. W. Mathes for carry
On Feb 26, 1855, the Senate voted 24–14 (HR 594). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 9–12, Others 15–2. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 26, 1855
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 12 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 2 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Archibald Dixon 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
- 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
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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