Senate roll call 411 · 33rd Congress · Feb 5, 1855
To amend the bill, S. 511, by providing that no more than 320 acres in a contiguous tract shall be sold and that no more than 640 acres within any one township
On Feb 5, 1855, the Senate voted 23–30 (S 511). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–15, Others 5–15. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 5, 1855
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 15 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS voted no
- David Settle Reid D-NC voted no
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA 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
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk 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
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- 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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