Senate roll call 530 · 33rd Congress · Mar 3, 1855
To amend H.R. 569, by providing that where land has been sold under the act of aug. 4, 1854, graduating and reducing the price of public lands to settlers at a
On Mar 3, 1855, the Senate voted 34–8 (HR 569). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–4, Others 12–4. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 3, 1855
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 4 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 4 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Wright D-NJ voted no
- Philip Allen D-RI voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
Did not vote
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- 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
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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