Senate roll call 459 · 33rd Congress · Feb 20, 1855
To postpone until tomorrow debate on the bill S. 514, extending a three year credit to the railroad companies to pay for duties on railroad iron imported to bui
On Feb 20, 1855, the Senate voted 32–10 (S 514). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–8, Others 17–2. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 20, 1855
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 8 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL voted no
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- 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
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown 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
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
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