Senate roll call 392 · 33rd Congress · Jan 23, 1855
To amend the bill S. 511, by providing that widows of officers and soldiers of the revolutionary war be entitled to the benefits of the bill. (p. 361-3)
On Jan 23, 1855, the Senate voted 43–1 (S 511). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–1, Others 21–0. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 43
- No
- 1
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jan 23, 1855
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 1 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others21 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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