Senate roll call 243 · 32nd Congress · Jan 6, 1853
To amend S. 489, a bill for the relief of the widow of william riley, late captain in the 4th maryland regiment of the revolutionary army, by providing for the
On Jan 6, 1853, the Senate voted 20–16 (S 489). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–8, Others 6–8. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jan 6, 1853
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 8 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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