House roll call 524 · 33rd Congress · Feb 7, 1855
To amend S. 96 (2/28/55) a bill to provide for payment of debts of late republic of texas by providing that the secretary of treasury shall issue so much stock
On Feb 7, 1855, the House voted 29–161 (S 96). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 22–102, Others 7–59. 22 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 29
- No
- 161
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Feb 7, 1855
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 102 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 59 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted yes
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted yes
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted yes
- Roland Jones D-LA voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI voted yes
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted yes
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS voted yes
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted yes
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted yes
- Michael Walsh D-NY voted yes
- John Wheeler D-NY voted yes
- Bishop Perkins D-NY voted yes
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH voted yes
- George Washington Smyth D-TX voted yes
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX voted yes
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted yes
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted yes
- William Smith D-VA voted yes
- John Letcher D-VA voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Knox O-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- Roland Jones D-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
How each representative voted: No
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May 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
- David Stuart D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
Did not vote
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- George Vail D-NJ
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- John B. Macy D-WI
Other votes
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