House roll call 542 · 33rd Congress · Feb 14, 1855
To table a resolution that all debate in committee of the whole on H.R. 743, to authorize the construction of seven steam sloops of war shall cease five minutes
On Feb 14, 1855, the House voted 108–66. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 61–51, Others 47–15. 51 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 108
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 68
- Date
- Feb 14, 1855
By party
- Democrats61 yes · 51 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Others47 yes · 15 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Philip Phillips D-AL voted no
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted no
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted no
- Nathan Belcher D-CT voted no
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT voted no
- George Read Riddle D-DE voted no
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL voted no
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA voted no
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA voted no
- Smith Miller D-IN voted no
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN voted no
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
- William Dunbar D-LA voted no
- Roland Jones D-LA voted no
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA voted no
- Jacob Shower D-MD voted no
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD voted no
- Moses Macdonald D-ME voted no
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted no
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH voted no
- George Washington Morrison D-NH voted no
- Harry Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Charles Skelton D-NJ voted no
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ voted no
- George Vail D-NJ voted no
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY voted no
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY voted no
- John Wheeler D-NY voted no
- William Adams Walker D-NY voted no
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY voted no
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY voted no
- Charles Hughes D-NY voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY voted no
- Frederick William Green D-OH voted no
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
- John Robbins D-PA voted no
- John Mcnair D-PA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted no
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted no
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC voted no
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
- John Singleton Millson D-VA voted no
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
- William Osborne Goode D-VA voted no
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA voted no
- Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
- William Smith D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Samuel Mayall D-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
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley 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
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- John Letcher D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
- John B. Macy D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
Did not vote
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Henry May D-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
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly 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
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
Other votes
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