Senate roll call 329 · 32nd Congress · Mar 1, 1853
To amend the bill H. R. 337, by authorizing the secretary of the treasury, at any time after may 1, 1853, to issue to the state of texas such portions of stock
On Mar 1, 1853, the Senate voted 13–31 (HR 337). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–15, Others 3–16. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 1, 1853
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 15 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 16 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL voted yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA voted yes
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC voted yes
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
- James Murray Mason D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Solon Borland 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
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- 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
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- James Shields D-IL
- Charles William Cathcart D-IN
- James Whitcomb 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 Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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