House roll call 529 · 33rd Congress · Feb 8, 1855
To commit H.R. 742, a bill to amend the act of aug. 31, 1852 making further provision for the satisfaction of virginia land warrents to the committee of the who
On Feb 8, 1855, the House voted 50–90 (HR 742). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–64, Others 26–26. 24 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 50
- No
- 90
- Did not vote
- 102
- Date
- Feb 8, 1855
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 64 no · 71 didn’t vote
- Others26 yes · 26 no · 30 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted yes
- Nathan Belcher D-CT voted yes
- Bernhart Henn D-IA voted yes
- James Cameron Allen D-IL voted yes
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted yes
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- David Addison Noble D-MI voted yes
- Samuel Clark D-MI voted yes
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Skelton D-NJ voted yes
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ voted yes
- William Murray D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted yes
- George Hastings D-NY voted yes
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH voted yes
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH voted yes
- Andrew Stuart D-OH voted yes
- Asa Packer D-PA voted yes
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted yes
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Davis D-RI voted yes
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- William Murray D-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- 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
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- James Maurice D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Wilson Shannon 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
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- 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
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
Did not vote
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-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
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- George Vail D-NJ
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- William Everhart O-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- John B. Macy D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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