Senate roll call 257 · 32nd Congress · Jan 27, 1853
To postpone until march 4, 1854, further consideration of the resolution instructing the committee on foreign relations regarding the declaration of great brita
On Jan 27, 1853, the Senate voted 17–29. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–24, Others 15–5. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 17
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 27, 1853
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 24 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others15 yes · 5 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- John Davis O-MA
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- John Bell O-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- 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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