Senate roll call 436 · 33rd Congress · Feb 14, 1855
To set aside H.R. 555, and proceed to the consideration of bills for the district of columbia.
On Feb 14, 1855, the Senate voted 16–28 (HR 555). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–22, Others 14–6. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 14, 1855
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted yes
- Philip Allen D-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
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
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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