Senate roll call 509 · 33rd Congress · Feb 28, 1855
To amend H.R. 595, by eliminating a clause which takes away the power to give notice of termination of contract for term transportation of mails with the collin
On Feb 28, 1855, the Senate voted 24–25 (HR 595). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–15, Others 9–10. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 28, 1855
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 10 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- James Shields D-IL voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- Charles Gordon Atherton D-NH
- Jared Warner Williams D-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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