Senate roll call 395 · 33rd Congress · Jan 23, 1855
To amend bill, S. 511, by providing that the provisions of the bill apply to volunteers called out under the authority of any state, although not paid by the u.
On Jan 23, 1855, the Senate voted 15–28 (S 511). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–24, Others 13–4. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 15
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 23, 1855
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 24 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
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
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- 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
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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