Senate roll call 178 · 32nd Congress · Aug 23, 1852
To amend H.R. 282, by increasing the appropriation from $50,000 to $100,000 providing for improvements of rock river rapids, and des moines rapids of the missis
On Aug 23, 1852, the Senate voted 19–20 (HR 282). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–7, Others 3–13. 7 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Aug 23, 1852
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 13 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA voted no
- David Meriwether D-KY voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI voted no
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted no
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- 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
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- 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
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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