Senate roll call 261 · 32nd Congress · Feb 3, 1853
To amend S. 574, for reorganizing the navy, inserting the word "active" before the word "commissioned". (p. 486-2 483-1,3)
On Feb 3, 1853, the Senate voted 30–14 (S 574). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–8, Others 13–6. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 3, 1853
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 8 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- Alpheus Felch D-MI 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
- 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
- John Davis O-MA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- 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
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- John Pettit D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 574, for reorganizing the navy…: Senate Vote, Feb 3, 1853,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/32-S-261/to-amend-s-574-for-reorganizing-the-navy-inserting (accessed 2026-10-17).