Senate roll call 296 · 32nd Congress · Feb 24, 1853
To sustain the decision of the chair that it was in order to offer an amendment making appropriations to an amendment, providing that the original appropriation
On Feb 24, 1853, the Senate voted 25–10 (HR 336). Result: passed. By party: Others 12–6, Democrats 13–4. 4 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 24, 1853
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 4 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 6 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted no
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA voted no
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted no
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
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
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- 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
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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