Senate roll call 287 · 32nd Congress · Feb 21, 1853
To postpone all prior orders in order to proceed to consideration of H.R. 7, encouraging agriculture, commerce, manufactures, and all other branches of industry
On Feb 21, 1853, the Senate voted 23–33 (HR 7). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–16, Others 6–17. 16 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 21, 1853
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 17 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- John B. Weller D-CA voted no
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE voted no
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA voted no
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted no
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME voted no
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC voted no
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- 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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