Senate roll call 444 · 33rd Congress · Feb 15, 1855
To amend S. 273, for the construction of a railroad from the valley of the mississippi to the pacific ocean, by eliminating all of the orginial bill and substit
On Feb 15, 1855, the Senate voted 24–14 (S 273). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–4, Others 6–10. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 15, 1855
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 4 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA 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
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Pettit D-IN
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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