Senate roll call 99 · 32nd Congress · May 24, 1852
To amend H.R. 207, which amendment stipulates that a former midshipman, (an officer now in the United States navy) accompany and take entire charge of every mai
On May 24, 1852, the Senate voted 11–31 (HR 207). Result: failed. By party: Others 2–20, Democrats 9–11. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 32nd Congress (1851–1852), Millard Fillmore was president.
- Yes
- 11
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 24, 1852
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 11 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Solon Borland D-AR voted yes
- William King Sebastian D-AR voted yes
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL voted yes
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Pierre Soulé D-LA voted yes
- David Rice Atchison D-MO voted yes
- Richard Brodhead D-PA voted yes
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC voted yes
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Solon Borland D-AR
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- Joseph Rogers Underwood O-KY
- Pierre Soulé D-LA
- David Rice Atchison D-MO
- Walker Brooke O-MS
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Ford De Saussure D-SC
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Truman Smith O-CT
- Presley Spruance O-DE
- James Shields D-IL
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs D-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- James Ware Bradbury D-ME
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- George Edmund Badger O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- Moses Norris Jr. D-NH
- Jacob Welsh Miller O-NJ
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- Salmon Portland Chase O-OH
- James Cooper O-PA
- John Hopkins Clarke O-RI
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- John Bell O-TN
- Samuel Houston D-TX
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- William Upham O-VT
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Jeremiah Clemens D-AL
- John B. Weller D-CA
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- Jackson Morton O-FL
- John Macpherson Berrien O-GA
- Robert Milledge Charlton D-GA
- William Crosby Dawson O-GA
- Augustus Caesar Dodge D-IA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas 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
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Alpheus Felch D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- Henry Stuart Foote D-MS
- Jefferson Davis D-MS
- John Jones Mcrae D-MS
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- Robert Field Stockton D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Robert Barnwell Rhett D-SC
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
- Isaac Pigeon Walker D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 207, which amendment…: Senate Vote, May 24, 1852,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/32-S-99/to-amend-h-r-207-which-amendment-stipulates-that (accessed 2026-10-15).