Senate roll call 69 · 32nd Congress · Apr 9, 1852
To amend S.J. RES. 17, by adding a provision that no officer or agent of the United States shall be authorized to bind the United States by contract beyond the
On Apr 9, 1852, the Senate voted 24–17 (SJR 17). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–1, Others 3–16. 1 member voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Apr 9, 1852
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 1 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 16 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- William Upham O-VT
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- George Wallace Jones 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
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- 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
- John Bell 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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