Senate roll call 90 · 32nd Congress · May 19, 1852
To amend H.R. 207, by allowing additional compensation for increasing the transport of mail between new york and liverpool via the collins lines steamers to 26
On May 19, 1852, the Senate voted 23–21 (HR 207). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–16, Others 13–6. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 19, 1852
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others13 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- James Shields D-IL voted yes
- Jesse David Bright D-IN voted yes
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA voted yes
- Lewis Cass D-MI voted yes
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH voted yes
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI voted yes
- Samuel Houston D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- James Cooper O-PA
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- 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
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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