Senate roll call 166 · 32nd Congress · Aug 20, 1852
To postpone all prior orders, in order to take up H.R. 7, granting homesteads of 160 acres to citizens who are the heads of families, upon condition of occupanc
On Aug 20, 1852, the Senate voted 16–38 (HR 7). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–22, Others 7–16. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 16
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Aug 20, 1852
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 22 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others7 yes · 16 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Henry Dodge D-WI voted yes
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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