Senate roll call 322 · 32nd Congress · Mar 1, 1853
To amend the bill (H R 337), by authorizing the secretary of the treasury to purchase five hundred copies of the supreme court decisions in six volumes of peter
On Mar 1, 1853, the Senate voted 28–17 (HR 337). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–12, Others 14–5. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 1, 1853
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 12 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others14 yes · 5 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted no
- Solon Borland D-AR voted no
- Isaac Toucey D-CT voted no
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted no
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted no
- John Pettit D-IN voted no
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted no
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted no
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted no
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted no
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted no
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- John Pettit D-IN
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- James Whitcomb D-IN
- Archibald Dixon O-KY
- David Meriwether D-KY
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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