Senate roll call 376 · 33rd Congress · Jan 11, 1855
To amend first section of bill, S. 332, to modify and amend judicial system of the U.S. By providing to have the U.S. Supreme court consist of 5 associates just
On Jan 11, 1855, the Senate voted 16–27 (S 332). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–19, Others 12–8. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 11, 1855
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 19 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 8 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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