Senate roll call 467 · 33rd Congress · Feb 22, 1855
To consider the bill S. 186, providing for the settlement of revolutionary claim of soldiers and widows and children of those who died in the service. (p. 877-
On Feb 22, 1855, the Senate voted 25–16 (S 186). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–13, Others 15–3. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 22, 1855
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 13 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted yes
- James Shields D-IL voted yes
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH voted yes
- William Wright D-NJ voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- Josiah James Evans D-SC voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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