Senate roll call 281 · 32nd Congress · Feb 19, 1853
To amend S. 396, by adding a provision that the eastern terminus of the road shall not be north of memphis, tennessee, thereby designating the one teminus of TH
On Feb 19, 1853, the Senate voted 11–29 (S 396). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–15, Others 2–14. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 19, 1853
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 15 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 14 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- John Pettit D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- 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
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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