House roll call 573 · 33rd Congress · Feb 28, 1855
To amend S. 511, by striking a prohibition against granting land to soldiers who were called out for the service of any state and who were refused by the author
On Feb 28, 1855, the House voted 93–74 (S 511). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–65, Others 53–9. 40 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 93
- No
- 74
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Feb 28, 1855
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 65 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Others53 yes · 9 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA voted yes
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT voted yes
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT voted yes
- Nathan Belcher D-CT voted yes
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT voted yes
- John Wentworth D-IL voted yes
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted yes
- James Cameron Allen D-IL voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN voted yes
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY voted yes
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY voted yes
- William Dunbar D-LA voted yes
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA voted yes
- Samuel Mayall D-ME voted yes
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted yes
- David Stuart D-MI voted yes
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI voted yes
- James Maurice D-NY voted yes
- John Wheeler D-NY voted yes
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted yes
- William Murray D-NY voted yes
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY voted yes
- Bishop Perkins D-NY voted yes
- Peter Rowe D-NY voted yes
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY voted yes
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH voted yes
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA voted yes
- John Robbins D-PA voted yes
- John Mcnair D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted yes
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA voted yes
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA voted yes
- Asa Packer D-PA voted yes
- James Gamble D-PA voted yes
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted yes
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Davis D-RI voted yes
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted yes
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI voted yes
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- 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
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- James Stone Chrisman 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
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Edward Wade O-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
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- James Meacham O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-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
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- 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
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- 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
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Did not vote
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- George Vail D-NJ
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- John B. Macy D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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