Senate roll call 443 · 33rd Congress · Feb 15, 1855
To amend H.R. 555, by authorizing the sect. Of interior to pay any and all claims to any tribe of indians, after having been fully satisfied that same is justly
On Feb 15, 1855, the Senate voted 6–28 (HR 555). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–15, Others 1–13. 5 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 15, 1855
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 15 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 13 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- John Pettit D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- 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
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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