Senate roll call 529 · 33rd Congress · Mar 3, 1855
To amend the bill H.R. 569, by settling the claim of a.b. Benson, for damages on account of withdrawal of promised protection by the executive department to be
On Mar 3, 1855, the Senate voted 18–27 (HR 569). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–20, Others 11–7. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 3, 1855
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 20 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- James Shields D-IL voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones 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
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-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
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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