Senate roll call 513 · 33rd Congress · Mar 1, 1855
To reconsider rejected amendment to bill H.R. 595, which amendment sought to eliminate the clause in the bill which prevented the giving of notice of terminatio
On Mar 1, 1855, the Senate voted 24–24 (HR 595). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–15, Others 8–9. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 1, 1855
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 9 no · 11 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
- 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
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Sullivan Wells D-NH
- 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
- 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
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- 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
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-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
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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