Senate roll call 488 · 33rd Congress · Feb 24, 1855
To proceed to the special order of business, which is bills relating to the imporvement of rivers and harbors. (p. 925)
On Feb 24, 1855, the Senate voted 23–11. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–6, Others 11–5. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 24, 1855
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 6 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 5 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- James Shields D-IL
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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