Senate roll call 396 · 33rd Congress · Jan 23, 1855
To amend bill, S. 511, by providing that provisions of this act apply to those who served as volunteers at the attack on lewistown, del., by the british fleet i
On Jan 23, 1855, the Senate voted 21–20 (S 511). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 4–19, Others 17–1. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jan 23, 1855
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 19 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Shields D-IL voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- James Shields D-IL
- 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
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- 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
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- 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
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- 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
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- 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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