House roll call 595 · 33rd Congress · Mar 3, 1855
To pass S.J.RES. 48, providing that it was the intent of the act of Congress app. Aug. 3, 1854, that the same should be construed to give the state of wisconsin
On Mar 3, 1855, the House voted 91–42 (SJR 48). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 41–39, Others 50–3. 39 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 91
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 109
- Date
- Mar 3, 1855
By party
- Democrats41 yes · 39 no · 79 didn’t vote
- Others50 yes · 3 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL voted no
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL voted no
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL voted no
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA voted no
- Smith Miller D-IN voted no
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN voted no
- John Givan Davis D-IN voted no
- Jacob Shower D-MD voted no
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME voted no
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS voted no
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS voted no
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC voted no
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC voted no
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC voted no
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC voted no
- Harry Hibbard D-NH voted no
- Charles Skelton D-NJ voted no
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ voted no
- James Maurice D-NY voted no
- Michael Walsh D-NY voted no
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY voted no
- William Murray D-NY voted no
- Bishop Perkins D-NY voted no
- George Hastings D-NY voted no
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH voted no
- John Robbins D-PA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA voted no
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA voted no
- Asa Packer D-PA voted no
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA voted no
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA voted no
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC 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
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- 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
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands 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 Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- John Wheeler D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-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
- 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
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- James Meacham 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
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- William Murray D-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- John Robbins D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
Did not vote
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- 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
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Richard Yates O-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- George Vail D-NJ
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- William Everhart O-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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