Senate roll call 511 · 33rd Congress · Feb 28, 1855
To amend bill H.R. 595, by directing the postmaster general to modify the contract with the collins line to the extent that for the balance of the term in the o
On Feb 28, 1855, the Senate voted 23–25 (HR 595). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–14, Others 8–11. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 28, 1855
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 14 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 11 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
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ voted no
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- 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
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- 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
- John Pettit D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- 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
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- 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
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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