Senate roll call 62 · 32nd Congress · Apr 8, 1852
To table the resolutions requesting the President of the United States to inform the Senate of the object of the recent expedition to the indian ocean and to TH
On Apr 8, 1852, the Senate voted 20–20. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–17, Others 17–3. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Apr 8, 1852
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 17 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others17 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John B. Weller D-CA voted yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- John Davis O-MA
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Bell O-TN
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- 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
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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