Senate roll call 415 · 33rd Congress · Feb 6, 1855
To amend the bill, H.R. 117, providing satisfaction for the claims of american citizens for the spoliation committed by the french prior to july 31, 1801, by re
On Feb 6, 1855, the Senate voted 22–24 (HR 117). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–7, Others 1–17. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 6, 1855
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 7 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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