House roll call 518 · 33rd Congress · Feb 5, 1855
To pass a resolution providing that feb. 8th be set apart for the consideration of business reported from the committe on the judiciary and that feb. 13th be se
On Feb 5, 1855, the House voted 126–43. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 85–25, Others 40–18, Independents 1–0. 25 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 126
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 73
- Date
- Feb 5, 1855
By party
- Democrats85 yes · 25 no · 49 didn’t vote
- Others40 yes · 18 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- Bernhart Henn D-IA voted no
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS voted no
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH voted no
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ voted no
- Michael Walsh D-NY voted no
- Charles Hughes D-NY voted no
- Peter Rowe D-NY voted no
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted no
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted no
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH voted no
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
- James Gamble D-PA voted no
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted no
- John Mcqueen D-SC voted no
- George Washington Jones D-TN voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
Did not vote
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Henry May D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- David Stuart D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- William Aiken D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- John B. Macy D-WI
Other votes
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