House roll call 581 · 33rd Congress · Mar 2, 1855
To suspend the rules requiring that a bill containing an appropriation be first considered in committee of the whole, for the purpose of having the house procee
On Mar 2, 1855, the House voted 105–55 (S 591). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 52–50, Others 52–5, Independents 1–0. 50 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 105
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 82
- Date
- Mar 2, 1855
By party
- Democrats52 yes · 50 no · 57 didn’t vote
- Others52 yes · 5 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
- William Russell Smith D-AL voted no
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA voted no
- Bernhart Henn D-IA voted no
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL voted no
- Smith Miller D-IN voted no
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN voted no
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
- Norman Eddy D-IN voted no
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY voted no
- William Dunbar D-LA voted no
- Roland Jones D-LA voted no
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Moses Macdonald D-ME voted no
- David Addison Noble D-MI voted no
- John Smith Phelps D-MO voted no
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS voted no
- William Barksdale D-MS voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
- Harry Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted no
- Charles Skelton D-NJ voted no
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ voted no
- Michael Walsh D-NY voted no
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH voted no
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH voted no
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH voted no
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH voted no
- Wilson Shannon D-OH voted no
- Andrew Stuart D-OH voted no
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA voted no
- James Gamble D-PA voted no
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted no
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA voted no
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC voted no
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN voted no
- George Washington Jones 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
- John Letcher D-VA voted no
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA voted no
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA voted no
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- 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
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- 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
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- John Wheeler D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Peter Rowe D-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
- John James Taylor D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- William Cullom O-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- James Meacham O-VT
- Andrew Tracy 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
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
Did not vote
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- Richard Yates O-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- George Vail D-NJ
- William Murray D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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