Senate roll call 541 · 33rd Congress · Mar 3, 1855
On adoption of a resolution relating to the usual extra compensation for pages heretofore allowed at the end of the session, and that selby greffith and thomas
On Mar 3, 1855, the Senate voted 22–10. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–6, Others 10–4. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 3, 1855
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 6 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others10 yes · 4 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Francis Gillette O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- 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
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- Robert Augustus Toombs O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- John Slidell D-LA
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Edward Everett O-MA
- Julius Rockwell O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- 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
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Philip Allen D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Lawrence Brainerd O-VT
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
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