House roll call 535 · 33rd Congress · Feb 12, 1855
To pass S.J.RES. 4 (2/15/55) authorizing the President of the United States to confer the title of "lieutenant general by brevet" for eminent services, (p. 690
On Feb 12, 1855, the House voted 127–65 (SJR 4). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 59–63, Others 67–2, Independents 1–0. 59 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 127
- No
- 65
- Did not vote
- 50
- Date
- Feb 12, 1855
By party
- Democrats59 yes · 63 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Others67 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Russell Smith D-AL voted yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted yes
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted yes
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA voted yes
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted yes
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted yes
- James Cameron Allen D-IL voted yes
- Daniel Mace D-IN voted yes
- Norman Eddy D-IN voted yes
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY voted yes
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY voted yes
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
- William Dunbar D-LA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA voted yes
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD voted yes
- Henry May D-MD voted yes
- Moses Macdonald D-ME voted yes
- Samuel Mayall D-ME voted yes
- David Stuart D-MI voted yes
- David Addison Noble D-MI voted yes
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted yes
- George Vail D-NJ voted yes
- James Maurice D-NY voted yes
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY voted yes
- William Adams Walker D-NY voted yes
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY voted yes
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY voted yes
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY voted yes
- Charles Hughes D-NY voted yes
- Peter Rowe D-NY voted yes
- Andrew Oliver D-NY voted yes
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH voted yes
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- John Mcnair D-PA voted yes
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA voted yes
- James Gamble D-PA voted yes
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted yes
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted yes
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
- William Aiken D-SC voted yes
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC voted yes
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC voted yes
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted yes
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted yes
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA voted yes
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted yes
- William Smith D-VA voted yes
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA voted yes
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA voted yes
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted yes
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted yes
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted yes
- John B. Macy D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- William Preston O-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
- 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
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Vail D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Russell Sage O-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
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith 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
- John B. Macy D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- Willis Allen D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
Did not vote
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Timothy Pratt 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
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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