To amend S. 511, by setting conditions for a grant of land under this act to veterans of the revolutionary war who are british, canadians, or refugees. (p. 998

On Feb 28, 1855, the House voted 63–99 (S 511). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 56–47, Others 7–52. 47 members voted against their own party.

During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.

Yes: 63
No: 99
Did not vote: 80
Date: Feb 28, 1855

By party

Democrats56 yes · 47 no · 56 didn’t vote
Others7 yes · 52 no · 23 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR voted no
James Timothy Pratt D-CT voted no
Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT voted no
George Read Riddle D-DE voted no
Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA voted no
John Wentworth D-IL voted no
William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
Willis Allen D-IL voted no
William Hayden English D-IN voted no
Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN voted no
James Stone Chrisman D-KY voted no
John Milton Elliott D-KY voted no
Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted no
Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA voted no
Jacob Shower D-MD voted no
Joshua Van Sant D-MD voted no
David Addison Noble D-MI voted no
Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC voted no
Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted no
Charles Skelton D-NJ voted no
Samuel Lilly D-NJ voted no
James Maurice D-NY voted no
William Murray D-NY voted no
Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY voted no
Peter Rowe D-NY voted no
Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted no
Andrew Oliver D-NY voted no
Andrew Ellison D-OH voted no
Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted no
John Robbins D-PA voted no
William Henry Witte D-PA voted no
John Mcnair D-PA voted no
Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
Christian Markle Straub D-PA voted no
Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted no
Asa Packer D-PA voted no
James Gamble D-PA voted no
William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted no
Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted no
Thomas Davis D-RI voted no
Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN voted no
John Samuels Caskie D-VA voted no
Paulus Powell D-VA voted no
William Smith D-VA voted no
Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA voted no
Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA voted no
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
William Russell Smith D-AL
George Smith Houston D-AL
Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
Nathan Belcher D-CT
James Lindsay Seward D-GA
David Jackson Bailey D-GA
Bernhart Henn D-IA
James Cameron Allen D-IL
Smith Miller D-IN
Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
John Givan Davis D-IN
Norman Eddy D-IN
William Dunbar D-LA
Roland Jones D-LA
Henry May D-MD
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
Moses Macdonald D-ME
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
Samuel Clark D-MI
Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
Alfred William Lamb D-MO
Samuel Caruthers O-MO
William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
William Barksdale D-MS
Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
Francis Burton Craige D-NC
Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
Michael Walsh D-NY
William Adams Walker D-NY
Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
Charles Hughes D-NY
Bishop Perkins D-NY
Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
George Hastings D-NY
Solomon George Haven O-NY
Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
David Tiernan Disney D-OH
Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
Aaron Harlan O-OH
William Dell Lindsley D-OH
Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
Wilson Shannon D-OH
George Bliss D-OH
Edward Wade O-OH
John Littleton Dawson D-PA
Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
John Mcqueen D-SC
William Aiken D-SC
Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
James Lawrence Orr D-SC
George Washington Jones D-TN
George Washington Smyth D-TX
William Osborne Goode D-VA
John Letcher D-VA
Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
John B. Macy D-WI

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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