Senate roll call 403 · 33rd Congress · Feb 1, 1855
To amend H.R. 562, by providing that the President accept the services of 3000 volunteers for emergencies with indian tribes, to serve for 18 months, armed and
On Feb 1, 1855, the Senate voted 13–35 (HR 562). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–20, Others 4–15. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 1, 1855
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 20 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- 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
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian 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
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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